The Evolution of Complexity - The Violet Book of `Einstein Meets Magritte' (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999)

The Evolution of Complexity is addressed to a broad audience of academics and researchers from different disciplines, who are interested in the picture of our world emerging from the new sciences of complexity. This book reviews the new concepts proposed by the diverse theories of evolution, self-organisation, general systems, cybernetics, and the complex adaptive systems' approach pioneered by the Santa Fe institute. The thread which holds everything together is the growth of complexity during the history of the universe: from elementary particles, via atoms, molecules, living cells, multicellular organisms, plants, and animals to human beings, and societies. The different sections of the book discuss the foundations and philosophy of complexity evolution, its mathematical and computer models, its explanation of self-organising and living systems, the insights it provides into the origin of mind, language and culture, and its practical applications in areas such as management and system design.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society, 8
Release date:	December 2010
First published:	1999
Editors:	Francis Heylighen • Johan Bollen • Alexander Riegler
Dimensions:	240 x 160 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	374
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1999
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-5244-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Philosophy > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Information theory > Cybernetics & systems theory Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Relativity physics > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Evolution Books > Philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	90-481-5244-5
Barcode:	9789048152445

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