About this title: A re-issue of Gregory Bateson's classic work. It summarizes Bateson's thinking on the subject of the patterns that connect living beings to each other and to their environment.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: first printing thus, 1980
ISBN-13:9780553137248ISBN:0553137247
Description: Good paperback. 16mo, paperback, 259pp, diagrams. edgewear, corners worn, spine creases, creases, scratches, tanning, cover. tanned, clean, tight, text. stiff at gutters should be opened gently. science. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bantam
Date Published: first printing thus, 1980
ISBN-13:9780553137248ISBN:0553137247
Description: Good paperback. 16mo, paperback, 259pp, diagrams. edgewear, corners wearing, rubbing, scratches, creases, cover. text tanned, clean, tight. stiff at gutters so should be opened gently. science. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo, Great Britain
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780006541196ISBN:0006541194
Description: Good. * Good-Very Good Octavo(8vo), approx.8" Trade sized paperback, in a good-very good condition. Solid, clean and tight copy with slight creasing to covers & spine and some yellowing of pages. Obtainable on request and readily supplied are scanned images, a comprehensive description or on-hand information. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wildwood Ho
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780704530140ISBN:0704530147
Description: Good. This book is in GOOD overall condition. It shows signs of having been read and has general light wear to the cover, spine and pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fontana
Date Published: 1985-07-11
ISBN-13:9780006541196ISBN:0006541194
Description: Very Good. Paperback in very good condition. Tanning to pages, price marked off back. Spine is uncreased, binding and text also in very good condition. read more
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. new & unread. Trade paperback (US). 220 p. Contains: Illustrations. Media Education Culture Technology. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fontana
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780006541196ISBN:0006541194
Description: Good. THE PAGES ARE TANNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BOOKS AGE Our aim is to create an overall satisfying buying experience for our customers through the provision of affordable books and a personalized approach to customer service. read more
"One of the seminal thinkers of systems theory (once called cybernetics) compares the process of evolution to the process of learning. I listened to recordings of Bateson's talks given at Esalen around the time he was writing this. Francisco Varela picked up where Bateson left off."
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