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ORIGIN(S) OF DESIGN IN NATURE
A FRESH, INTERDISCIPLINARY LOOK AT HOW DESIGN EMERGES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY LIFE |
By: |
Liz Stillwaggon Swan (Editor), Richard Gordon (Editor), Joseph Seckbach (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |
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£199.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
9400741553 |
ISBN 13: |
9789400741553 |
Publisher: |
SPRINGER |
Pub. date: |
26 August, 2012 |
Edition: |
2012 ed. |
Series: |
Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology 23 |
Pages: |
812 |
Description: |
This volume collects over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that examine the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the natural world. |
Synopsis: |
Origin(s) of Design in Nature is a collection of over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that all address the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the natural world. The volume offers a large variety of perspectives on the design debate including progressive accounts from artificial life, embryology, complexity, cosmology, theology and the philosophy of biology. This book is volume 23 of the series, Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. www.springer.com/series/5775 |
Illustrations: |
6 Tables, color; 132 Illustrations, black and white; XXVII, 812 p. 132 illus. |
Publication: |
Netherlands |
Imprint: |
Springer |
Returns: |
Returnable |