9780195079517-0195079515-The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution

The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution

ISBN-13: 9780195079517
ISBN-10: 0195079515
Edition: 1
Author: Stuart A. Kauffman
Publication date: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 734 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195079517
ISBN-10: 0195079515
Edition: 1
Author: Stuart A. Kauffman
Publication date: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback 734 pages

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The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution (ISBN-13: 9780195079517 and ISBN-10: 0195079515), written by authors Stuart A. Kauffman, was published by Oxford University Press in 1993. With an overall rating of 4.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Biology (Biological Sciences, Evolution) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Biology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.53.

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Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate on the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization: the spontaneous emergence of order that is widely observed throughout nature Kauffman argues that self-organization plays an important role in the Darwinian process of natural selection. Yet until now no systematic effort has been made to incorporate the concept of self-organization into evolutionary theory. The construction requirements which permit complex systems to adapt are poorly understood, as is the extent to which selection itself can yield systems able to adapt more successfully. This book explores these themes. It shows how complex systems, contrary to expectations, can spontaneously exhibit stunning degrees of order, and how this order, in turn, is essential for understanding the emergence and development of life on Earth. Topics include the new biotechnology of applied molecular evolution, with its important implications for developing new drugs and vaccines; the balance between order and chaos observed in many naturally occurring systems; new insights concerning the predictive power of statistical mechanics in biology; and other major issues. Indeed, the approaches investigated here may prove to be the new center around which biological science itself will evolve. The work is written for all those interested in the cutting edge of research in the life sciences.

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