About this title: Ilya Prigogine, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1977 for his work on the thermodynamics of non-equilibrium systems, makes his ideas accessible to a wide audience in this book, which has engendered massive debate in Europe and America. He and his colleague, Isabelle Stengers, show how the two great themes of classic science, order and chaos, which coexisted uneasily for centuries, are being reconciled in a new and unexpected synthesis.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Fontana
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13:9780006541158ISBN:0006541151
Description: Good. 349pp. Cover has light edge wear. Former owners name on flyleaf. Pages are browned along all edges but remain clean and unmarked. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books, New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780553340822ISBN:0553340824
Description: Very Good+ First printing, softcover, light bump to base of spine, tiny scuffs to spine ends, faint reading crease to edge of front cover, one dog-eared page, otherwise bright and solid, a VG+ copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780006541158ISBN:0006541151
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Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: Acceptable. Well-worn copy. Book is ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Binding: paperback
Publisher: Bantam Books
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780553340822ISBN:0553340824
Description: Very Good. 0553340824 Very good paperback, minor cover wear, previous owners name on first page, few early pages with pencil underlining. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 13/05/1985
ISBN-13:9780006541158ISBN:0006541151
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 13/05/1985
ISBN-13:9780006541158ISBN:0006541151
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Flamingo
Date Published: 13/05/1985
ISBN-13:9780006541158ISBN:0006541151
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Black Boards
Publisher: Heinemann, London
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780434603954ISBN:0434603953
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 349pp. A first edition with wrapper. Numerous diagrams support the text. Silver embossed lettering to the spine. Light bump to the tail of the spine and the cloth at the head of the spine is lightly turned in. Light scattered foxing to the fore edges. Two tiny cross marks in ink to the margins of two pages and a small slight soil mark to the title page, barley noticeable. Also some pencil marginalia which will rub out. Otherwise clean and ... read more
"HOw do the termites know how to build their 5 foot high nests? Uses Chemical Thermodynamics to explore how evolution could possibly occur. Posits the idea that the 2nd law of thermodynamics, is more basic than quantum mechanics, ie that QM is based on 2nd law, not the other way. Read this with How Nature Works by Per Bak"
"Sometimes, I was like, "Whoa! This is really interesting and provocative! Quantum uncertainty really should make us rethink our notions of objectivity and determinism!" But a lot of the time, I was more like, "I don't understand all these variables and functions, thus I have no actual idea why microscopic chaos creates order. But I believe you, Ilya, really I do." Anyway, the failing is mine, but so is the rating."
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