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Investigations

Investigations( )
Author: Kauffman, Stuart A.
ISBN:978-0-19-512104-9
Publication Date:Oct 2000
Publisher:Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $42.00
Book Description:

"It may be that I have stumbled upon an adequate description of life itself." These modest yet profound words trumpet an imminent paradigm shift in scientific, economic, and technological thinking. In the tradition of Schrödinger's classic What Is Life?, Kauffman's Investigations is a tour-de-force exploration of the very essence of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests--the approaches of Newton, Boltzman,...
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Book Details
Pages:302
Detailed Subjects: Science / Life Sciences / Biology
Science / System Theory
Science / Life Sciences / Molecular Biology
Science / Life Sciences / Evolution
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 Inches
Book Weight:1.32 Pounds
Author Biography
Kauffman, Stuart A. (Author)
Biophysicist Stuart A. Kauffman works at the University of Pennsylvania and is assocated with a think tank at the Santa Fe Institute.

Kauffman has written At Home in the Universe: The Search for Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity and The Origin of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution.

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