About this title: Morowitz presents his theory of complexity, how everything interacts and relates to everything else, through events he calls "emergences." Citing 28 previous "emergences," from the Big Bang to the Earth's planetary formation, Morowitz outlines the impact of these events and lays the groundwork for the next such "emergence." Expansive in scope, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780195135138ISBN:019513513X
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Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 2002
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Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2004-04-08
ISBN-13:9780195173314ISBN:0195173317
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Country = UNITED STATES
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780195135138ISBN:019513513X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 218 pages. (218 pages) looks at the history of the universe, explaining the succession of steps in the emergence of complexity. this book is a contribution to the dialogue between science and religion, as well as an ambitious, mature statement of the antireductionist agenda of the sciences of complexity, by one of our scientists. 9 tables and 1 line drawing (Hardback) read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780195135138ISBN:019513513X
Description: BRAND NEW HARDBACK. 234x156. (218) this book looks at the history of the universe, explaining the succession of steps in the emergence of complexity. emergent properties are those features of any system that resist reductionist approaches, that cannot be anticipated or understood by a complete analysis at the next lower level. emergence is thus the key concept of the sciences of complexity, and morowitz maps the path to our present position and condition into successive emergences, from ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002-11-07
ISBN-13:9780195135138ISBN:019513513X
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York
Date Published: 2002
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2002-11-07
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780195173314ISBN:0195173317
Description: When the whole is greater than the sum of the parts--indeed, so great that the sum far transcends the parts and represents something utterly new and different--we call that phenomenon emergence. When the chemicals diffusing in the primordial waters c... read more
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Date Published: 2002.
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780195135138ISBN:019513513X
Description: New. Looks at the history of the universe, explaining the succession of steps in the emergence of complexity. This book is a contribution to the dialogue between science and religion, as well as an ambitious, mature statement of the antireductionist agenda... read more
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"Morowitz doesn't make the developing science of Emergence as exciting as I might have hoped, and for that reason this might not be the best introduction to these ideas. It's a great overview of the history of the universe from the very beginning all the way up to the birth of consciousness and beyond. Along the way there's a lot of quick review of basic principles of physics, chemistry, earth science, biology, and animal behaviorism. Morowitz sees an almost mystical, albeit rule-bound element in Emergence that he wants to associate with common human ideas about God without trying to lend any credence to anthropomorphic, sentimental or superstitious God-notions. He tries to demonstrate how there may be scientific laws that govern emergences so that certain kinds of complexification might have been more inevitable than we think. It's an interesting exploration from a level-headed scientist/natural philosopher who is passionate about his subject and envisions science as a great unifier, and the human capacity to look back at all of the complexity that has come about since the beginning of time and try to understand some of it as the greatest feat of the universe so far."
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