Chaos and life : complexity and order in evolution and thought /

An alternative view of evolving complexity. Bird argues that randomness means not disorder but infinite order and that complexity arises from the "playing out" of chaotic systems.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bird, R. J. (Richard J.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Biology > Philosophy.
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Biology.
Evolution (Biology)
Philosophy.
Biology
Biological Evolution
Philosophy
Nonlinear Dynamics
Biologie > Philosophie.
Chaos.
Biologie.
Évolution (Biologie)
Philosophie.
biology.
evolution.
philosophy.
NATURE > Reference.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Biology > Philosophy
Chaotic behavior in systems
Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy
Biologie
Systemtheorie
Evolutionaire biologie.
Filosofie.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue: The Dawn of Man?
  • 1. Iteration and Sequence
  • 2. The Crisis in Biology
  • 3. The Origin of "Species"
  • 4. Chaos and Dimensionality
  • 5. Chaostability
  • 6. The Geometry of Life
  • 7. The Living Computer
  • 8. Morphology and Evolution
  • 9. Entropy, Information, and Randomness
  • 10. The Effectiveness of Mathematics
  • 11. Life and Conflict
  • 12. The World as Iteration and Recursion
  • Notes
  • Index.

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