Chaos and order : the complex structure of living systems
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Chaos and order : the complex structure of living systems
VCH, c1993
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Chaos und Ordnung
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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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