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Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195111303
ISBN-13
9780195111309
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Book Title
At Home in the Universe : the Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General, Cosmology, System Theory
Publication Year
1996
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Yes
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Philosophy, Science
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Trade Paperback
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0.9 in
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15.5 Oz
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5.7 in
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"Both passionate and personal, At Home in the Universe is a rigorously written argument that life is an inevitable result rather than a happy accident."--Across the Board, "Complexity, the theory that sees order arising naturally from the most complex systems, is being further plumbed by Oxford's At Home in the Universe by MacArthur Fellow and member of the influential Santa Fe Institute Stuart Kauffman, who applies the theory to business, politics, andeconomics."--Publishers Weekly, "Kauffman has done more than anyone else to supply the key missing piece of the propensity for self-organization that can join the random and the deterministic forces of evolution into a satisfactory theory of life's order."--Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University, "One of the pioneers of complexity theory is Stuart Kauffman, who lays out its rudiments in an accessible way with this challenging and audacious book.... Mr. Kauffman is at work on one of the oldest puzzles in human thought: why is there order in nature?"--The Economist, "Courageous....I guarantee that any reader whose imagination has survived an academic education--or has never been exposed to one--will learn a lot, and be changed forever."--Ian Stewart,Nature "A new and far-reaching theory of order in the universe, introduced by a pioneer in that theory's development."--The Washington Post Book World "Kauffman has done more than anyone else to supply the key missing piece of the propensity for self-organization that can join the random and the deterministic forces of evolution into a satisfactory theory of life's order."--Stephen Jay Gould, author ofThe Panda's Thumb, "Just as the known laws of physics dictate a snowflake's exquisite six-pointed symmetry, [Kauffman] suggests, this natural order explains everything from the superiority of democracy and the path of technological development to the existence of life itself.... What most excites Kauffman is thenotion that life is the inevitable result of nature's hidden order.... A provocative quest."--Business Week, "Offers a new and far-reaching theory of order in the universe, introducedby a pioneer in that theory's development."--The Washington Post BookWorld, "Kauffman has done more than anyone else to supply the key missing pieceof the propensity for self-organization that can join the random and thedeterministic forces of evolution into a satisfactory theory of life'sorder."--Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University, "Stuart Kauffman, backed by a remarkable erudition, a keen imagination and a sensitive perception takes a fresh look at who we are and how we got that way."--Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, "Complexity, the theory that sees order arising naturally from the mostcomplex systems, is being further plumbed by Oxford's At Home in the Universe byMacArthur Fellow and member of the influential Santa Fe Institute StuartKauffman, who applies the theory to business, politics, andeconomics."--Publishers Weekly, "Offers a new and far-reaching theory of order in the universe, introduced by a pioneer in that theory's development."--The Washington Post Book World, "Courageous....I guarantee that any reader whose imagination has survived an academic education--or has never been exposed to one--will learn a lot, and be changed forever."--Ian Stewart, Nature "A new and far-reaching theory of order in the universe, introduced by a pioneer in that theory's development."--The Washington Post Book World "Kauffman has done more than anyone else to supply the key missing piece of the propensity for self-organization that can join the random and the deterministic forces of evolution into a satisfactory theory of life's order."--Stephen Jay Gould, author of The Panda's Thumb, "For anyone--including earnest 14-year-olds--interested in big questions about science, history, and our place in the cosmos, At Home in the Universe offers an unparalleled combination of graceful writing, clear exposition, respect for the reader's intelligence, and the thrill of seeing theworld anew.... Stuart Kauffman has changed the terms in which thoughtful people will discuss the nature of evolution and natural law."--Steven Postrel of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management in Reason, "An important new argument on how the laws of nature extract order from chaos. Potential applications to almost all fields of knowledge."--Carl Sagan, The Washington Post, "This is a courageous book. It has a distinct spiritual focus, not in the religious sense, but in the sense of 'why are we here?' When coupled with an unorthodox message that is unavoidably critical of much mainstream science, the combination is dynamite.... Kauffman sings his song loud andlong, from the origins of life to the emergence of a global civilization.... I guarantee that any reader whose imagination has survived an academic education--or has never been exposed to one--will learn a lot, and be changed forever."--Ian Stewart, Nature, "Stuart Kauffman lucidly argues that, in addition to Darwinian selection,another force, the emergence of self-organized order from apparent chaosdetermines the beautiful systems that make up the world and cosmos. He contendsthat emergent order is a feature of many complex systems and general laws thatmay be defined from their study. It is an exciting and well-writtenvolume."--Barry Blumberg, Fox Chase Cancer Research Center and NobelLaureate, "Courageous....I guarantee that any reader whose imagination has survived an academic education--or has never been exposed to one--will learn a lot, and be changed forever."--Ian Stewart, Nature"A new and far-reaching theory of order in the universe, introduced by a pioneer in that theory's development."--The Washington Post Book World"Kauffman has done more than anyone else to supply the key missing piece of the propensity for self-organization that can join the random and the deterministic forces of evolution into a satisfactory theory of life's order."--Stephen Jay Gould, author of The Panda's Thumb, "One of the pioneers of complexity theory is Stuart Kauffman, who lays outits rudiments in an accessible way with this challenging and audacious book....Mr. Kauffman is at work on one of the oldest puzzles in human thought: why isthere order in nature?"--The Economist
Synopsis
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. We all know of instances of spontaneous order in nature--an oil droplet in water forms a sphere, snowflakes have a six-fold symmetry. What we are only now discovering, Kauffman says, is that the range of spontaneous order is enormously greater than we had supposed. Indeed, self-organization is a great undiscovered principle of nature. But how does this spontaneous order arise? Kauffman contends that complexity itself triggers self-organization, or what he calls "order for free," that if enough different molecules pass a certain threshold of complexity, they begin to self-organize into a new entity--a living cell. Kauffman uses the analogy of a thousand buttons on a rug--join two buttons randomly with thread, then another two, and so on. At first, you have isolated pairs; later, small clusters; but suddenly at around the 500th repetition, a remarkable transformation occurs--much like the phase transition when water abruptly turns to ice--and the buttons link up in one giant network. Likewise, life may have originated when the mix of different molecules in the primordial soup passed a certain level of complexity and self-organized into living entities (if so, then life is not a highly improbable chance event, but almost inevitable). Kauffman uses the basic insight of "order for free" to illuminate a staggering range of phenomena. We see how a single-celled embryo can grow to a highly complex organism with over two hundred different cell types. We learn how the science of complexity extends Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection: that self-organization, selection, and chance are the engines of the biosphere. And we gain insights into biotechnology, the stunning magic of the new frontier of genetic engineering--generating trillions of novel molecules to find new drugs, vaccines, enzymes, biosensors, and more. Indeed, Kauffman shows that ecosystems, economic systems, and even cultural systems may all evolve according to similar general laws, that tissues and terra cotta evolve in similar ways. And finally, there is a profoundly spiritual element to Kauffman's thought. If, as he argues, life were bound to arise, not as an incalculably improbable accident, but as an expected fulfillment of the natural order, then we truly are at home in the universe. Kauffman's earlier volume, The Origins of Order, written for specialists, received lavish praise. Stephen Jay Gould called it "a landmark and a classic." And Nobel Laureate Philip Anderson wrote that "there are few people in this world who ever ask the right questions of science, and they are the ones who affect its future most profoundly. Stuart Kauffman is one of these." In At Home in the Universe, this visionary thinker takes you along as he explores new insights into the nature of life., An exciting exploration of a new scientific paradigm, At Home in the Universe provides stunning insights into the origin of life, the development of embroyos, genetic engineering, the evolution of economic and cultural systems, and much more. We all know of instances of spontaneous order such as the shape of a snowflake, but Kauffman argues that self-organization is a great undiscovered principle of nature. But how does this spontaneous order arise? Kauffman contends that complexity itself triggers self-organization, or what he calls "order for free". If enough different molecules pass a certain threshold of complexity, they begin to self-organize into a new entity--for instance, a living cell., 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. We all know of instances of spontaneous order in nature--an oil droplet in water forms a sphere, snowflakes have a six-fold symmetry. What we are only now discovering, Kauffman says, is that the range of spontaneous order is enormously greater than we had supposed. Indeed, self-organization is a great undiscovered principle of nature. But how does this spontaneous order arise? Kauffman contends that complexity itself triggers self-organization, or what he calls "order for free," that if enough different molecules pass a certain threshold of complexity, they begin to self-organize into a new entity--a living cell. Kauffman uses the analogy of a thousand buttons on a rug--join two buttons randomly with thread, then another two, and so on. At first, you have isolated pairs; later, small clusters; but suddenly at around the 500th repetition, a remarkable transformation occurs--much like the phase transition when water abruptly turns to ice--and the buttons link up in one giant network. Likewise, life may have originated when the mix of different molecules in the primordial soup passed a certain level of complexity and self-organized into living entities (if so, then life is not a highly improbable chance event, but almost inevitable). Kauffman uses the basic insight of "order for free" to illuminate a staggering range of phenomena. We see how a single-celled embryo can grow to a highly complex organism with over two hundred different cell types. We learn how the science of complexity extends Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection: that self-organization, selection, and chance are the engines of the biosphere. And we gain insights into biotechnology, the stunning magic of the new frontier of genetic engineering--generating trillions of novel molecules to find new drugs, vaccines, enzymes, biosensors, and more. Indeed, Kauffman shows that ecosystems, economic systems, and even cultural systems may all evolve according to similar general laws, that tissues and terra cotta evolve in similar ways. And finally, there is a profoundly spiritual element to Kauffman's thought. If, as he argues, life were bound to arise, not as an incalculably improbable accident, but as an expected fulfillment of the natural order, then we truly are at home in the universe. Kauffman's earlier volume, The Origins of Order , written for specialists, received lavish praise. Stephen Jay Gould called it "a landmark and a classic." And Nobel Laureate Philip Anderson wrote that "there are few people in this world who ever ask the right questions of science, and they are the ones who affect its future most profoundly. Stuart Kauffman is one of these." In At Home in the Universe , this visionary thinker takes you along as he explores new insights into the nature of life.
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