Chaos and order : the complex structure of living systems

Author(s)

• Cramer, Friedrich

Bibliographic Information

Chaos and order : the complex structure of living systems

F. Cramer ; foreword by I. Prigogine ; translated by D.I. Loewus

VCH, c1993

• : us
• : gw

Other Title

Chaos und Ordnung

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-242) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Addresses the great questions that have always intrigued mankind: what is life?; how do ideas arise in our brains?; and is there a vital force? The text aims to be of interest to any layman interested in science or philosophy.

Table of Contents

• Life - a dynamical system between order and decay
• Biochemistry - gain through chaos
• Genes, genetic maps, gene therapy - a problem of complexity
• Evolution - phylogenetic trees and lightning
• Mathematical and physical models of deterministic chaos
• The world is harmonic
• Big bang - idea or matter?
• ageing and death - our time
• Fundamental complexity - intrinsic limitations.

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Details

• NCID: BA21577961
• ISBN:
  • 1560818123
  • 3527290672
• LCCN: 93032939
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: ger
• Place of Publication: Weinheim ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 249 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : Q172.5.C45
  • DC20 : 003/.7
  • NDC8 : 401
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chaotic behavior in systems
  • LCSH : Evolution (Biology)
  • LCSH : Scientists -- Interviews
  • LCSH : Philosophers -- Interviews