Signs of Life

Klappentext Signs of Life applies the mathematics of order and disorder! of entropy! chance! and randomness! of chaos and nonlinear dynamics to the various mysteries of the living world at all levels. This book is an entirely new approach to understanding living systems and will help set the agenda for biology in the coming century. Zusammenfassung Signs of Life is an entirely new approach to the problems of understanding living systems. It applies the mathematics of order and disorder, of entropy, chance, and randomness, of chaos and nonlinear dynamics to the various mysteries of the living world at all levels. Less a set of answers than a guide to thinking about living systems, this book will help set the agenda for biology in the coming century.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Goodwin, Brian C. Goodwin, Ricard Sole, Ricard V. Sole, Richard Sole
• Publisher: Basic Books Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2001
• EAN: 9780465019281
• ISBN: 978-0-465-01928-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Biology, life sciences