A Third Window - Natural Life Beyond Newton and Darwin

Informationen zum Autor Robert E. Ulanowicz was appointed professor emeritus after thirty-eight years with the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science at the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory in Solomons, Maryland. He is author of Growth and Development: Ecosystems Phenomenology and Ecology, the Ascendant Perspective. Ulanowicz was awarded the 2007 Ilya Prigogine Medal from the Wessex Institute and the University of Siena for outstanding research in the field of ecological systems. Klappentext Thus far, the dominant paradigms through which modern scientists have viewed nature have been structured primarily around Newtonian and Darwinian approaches. As theoretical ecologist Robert E. Ulanowicz observes in his new work, A Third Window, neither of these models is sufficient for explaining how real change—in the form of creative advance or emergence—takes place in nature. Zusammenfassung Thus far, the dominant paradigms through which modern scientists have viewed nature have been structured primarily around Newtonian and Darwinian approaches. As theoretical ecologist Robert E. Ulanowicz observes in his new work, A Third Window, neither of these models is sufficient for explaining how real change—in the form of creative advance or emergence—takes place in nature.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Robert E. Ulanowicz, Robert W Ulanowicz, Robert W. Ulanowicz, Robert W./ Kauffman Ulanowicz
• Edition: Templeton foundation press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 01.04.2009
• EAN: 9781599471549
• ISBN: 978-1-59947-154-9
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 220 mm x 20 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence; Livres de conseils > Nature