02726nam 2200577 450 991081966100332120200520144314.00-19-972894-11-280-75994-19786610759941(CKB)2430000000004762(EBL)271715(OCoLC)870243368(SSID)ssj0000300459(PQKBManifestationID)12095768(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000300459(PQKBWorkID)10251687(PQKB)11295672(MiAaPQ)EBC271715(Au-PeEL)EBL271715(CaPaEBR)ebr11303225(CaONFJC)MIL75994(EXLCZ)99243000000000476220161129h20002000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInvestigations /Stuart A. KauffmanOxford, [England] :Oxford University Press,2000.20001 online resource (548 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-512105-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; 1 Prolegomenon to a General Biology; 2 The Origins of Life; 3 Autonomous Agents; 4 Propagating Organization; 5 A Physics of Semantics?; 6 Emergence and Story: Beyond Newton, Einstein, and Bohr?; 7 The Nonergodic Universe: The Possibility of New Laws; 8 Candidate Laws for the Coconstruction of a Biosphere; 9 The Persistently Innovative Econosphere; 10 A Coconstructing Cosmos?; Epilogue; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZIn the tradition of Schrodinger's classic What Is Life?, this book is a tour-de-force investigation of the basis of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests-the approaches of Newton, Boltzman, Bohr, and Einstein. Kauffman's At Home in the Universe, which The New York Times Book Review called ""passionately written"" and nature named ""courageous,"" introduced pivotal ideas about order and evolution in complex life systems. In investigations, Kauffman builds on these theories and finds that classical sciencedoes not take LifeOriginPhilosophySelf-organizing systemsPhilosophyLifeOriginPhilosophy.Self-organizing systemsPhilosophy.576.8301Kauffman Stuart A.61682MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819661003321Investigations28836UNINA