At home in the universe
Subtitle: the search for laws of self-organization and complexity
By: Stuart Kauffman.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Life -- Origin; Self-organizing systems; Molecular evolution; Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy
Description: A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin's theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from the origin of life, to the workings of giant corporations, to the rise and fall of great civilizations. And more than anyone else, this revolution is the work of one man, Stuart Kauffman, a MacArthur Fellow and visionary pioneer of the new science of complexity.

Now, in At Home in the Universe, Kauffman brilliantly weaves together the excitement of intellectual discovery and a fertile mix of insights to give the general reader a fascinating look at this new science - and at the forces for order that lie at the edge of chaos.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-306) and index.