The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems
April 26, 2011 by admin
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The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems The vitality and accessibility of Fritjof Capra’s ideas have made him one of the most eloquent spokespersons for the latest findings emerging at the frontiers of scientific, social and philosophical thought. In his previous bestsellers, he juxtaposed physics and mysticism to define a new [...]
The Unified Cycle Theory: How Cycles Dominate the Structure of the Universe and Influence Life on Earth Reviews
April 16, 2011 by admin
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The Unified Cycle Theory: How Cycles Dominate the Structure of the Universe and Influence Life on Earth Documented cycles range widely in diversity. They include fluctuations in the stock market, commodity prices, economic activity, wars, civilizations, global climate, ice-ages, geological formations, and abundance of life on Earth. This book examines all of these cycles, plus [...]
Inferring Phylogenies
April 12, 2011 by admin
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Inferring Phylogenies Phylogenies (evolutionary trees) are basic to thinking about and analyzing differences between species. Statistical, computational, and algorithmic work on them has been ongoing for four decades, with great advances in understanding. Yet no book has summarized this work until now. Inferring Phylogenies explains clearly the assumptions and logic of making inferences about phylogenies, [...]
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Wiley series on systems engineering & analysis)
April 9, 2011 by admin
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An Introduction to General Systems Thinking (Wiley series on systems engineering & analysis) For more than twenty-five years, An Introduction to General Systems Thinking has been hailed as an innovative introduction to systems theory, with applications in computer science and beyond. Used in university courses and professional seminars all over the world, the text has [...]
The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works
March 25, 2011 by admin
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The Science of Harry Potter: How Magic Really Works Magic and science may seem like strange bedfellows, but in this captivating and far-ranging book, respected science journalist Roger Highfield nimbly illustrates how the two disciplines are actually deeply intertwined in the Harry Potter books. Like Highfield’s The Physics of Christmas, The Science of Harry Potter [...]
Self-Organization in Biological Systems: (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
March 8, 2011 by admin
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Self-Organization in Biological Systems: (Princeton Studies in Complexity) The synchronized flashing of fireflies at night. The spiraling patterns of an aggregating slime mold. The anastomosing network of army-ant trails. The coordinated movements of a school of fish. Researchers are finding in such patterns–phenomena that have fascinated naturalists for centuries–a fertile new approach to understanding biological [...]
The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You
January 30, 2011 by admin
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The Social Atom: Why the Rich Get Richer, Cheaters Get Caught, and Your Neighbor Usually Looks Like You ISBN13: 9781596910133 Condition: New Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed The idiosyncrasies of human decision-making [...]
Flow: Nature’s Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts Reviews
January 27, 2011 by admin
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Flow: Nature’s Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts From the swirl of a wisp of smoke to eddies in rivers, and the huge persistent storm system that is the Great Spot on Jupiter, we see similar forms and patterns wherever there is flow – whether the movement of wind, water, sand, or flocks of birds. [...]
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
January 20, 2011 by admin
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The Structure of Evolutionary Theory The world’s most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of explanatory force unprecedented in our time–a landmark publication, both for its historical sweep and for its scientific vision. With characteristic attention to detail, Stephen Jay Gould first describes the content and discusses the history and [...]
Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity (Helix Books) Reviews
January 19, 2011 by admin
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Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity (Helix Books) al readers how Complexity–the watershed science agenda for at least the nexttwo decades–is affecting our lives. List Price: $ 16.00 Price: $ 6.83 More Products