At Home in the Universe - The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity

This exciting exploration into the nature of life brilliantly weaves together the excitement of intellectual discovery and a fertile mix of insights to give the general reader a fascinating look at the new science of complexity--and at the forces for order that lie at the edge of chaos. "An important new argument".--Carl Sagan, The Washington Post. 59 illustrations.

About the author

Stuart Kauffman is a member of the Santa Fe Institute. A MacArthur Fellowship recipient, he is the leading thinker on self-organization and the science of complexity as applied to biology.

Product details

• Authors: Stuart Kauffman, Stuart A Kauffman, Stuart A. Kauffman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.1996
• EAN: 9780195111309
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511130-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 147 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy