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1	Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge more books like this by Edward Osborne Wilson In this work, the author argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for what he calls "consilience", the composition of the principles governing every branch of learning. Edward O. Wilson, pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity, breaks from the conventions of current thinking. He shows how our explosive rise in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.60! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Science, Order and Creativity more books like this by David Bohm, F. David Peat In this thought-provoking new book, David Bohm, one of today's most foremost scientific thinkers, and David Peat, well-known science writer, contend that science has lost its bearings over the last century and become a narrow, abstracted and fragmented way of approaching nature and reality. The authors propose a return to greater creativity and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.76! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Mefisto more books like this by John Banville The central character is caught in a dilemma of the Yeatsian man who must choose between life and work, action and thought, experience and creation. The author's "Doctor Copernicus" won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1976 and "Kepler" won "The Guardian" Fiction Prize in 1981. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order more books like this by Otto Georg Von Simson see all copies from $1.99! first editions
5	Entropy and Art more books like this by Rudolf Arnheim This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics; between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $13.89! \| SVS
6	The Essential David Bohm more books like this by Lee Nichol (Editor), David Bohm There are few scientists of the twentieth century whose life's work has created more excitement and controversy than that of physicist David Bohm (1917-1992). Exploring the philosophical implication of both physics and consciousness, Bohm's penchant for questioning scientific and social orthodoxy was the expression of a rare and maverick ... see all copies from $26.43! new only from $26.43! \| SVS
7	The one and the many; studies in the philosophy of order and ultimacy. more books like this by Rousas John Rushdoony see all copies from $6.95! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
8	The Rusted Hauberk: Feudal Ideals of Order and Their Decline more books like this by Liam O Purdon (Editor), Cindy L Vitto (Editor) The metaphor of the hauberk, a tunic of chain mail that rusts over time, shapes and unifies this investigation of medieval culture. These essays question the very rubric of the feudal ideal, demonstrating that in historical and legal practice, and in imaginative and didactic writing, a breach often exists between ideal and practice. The authors ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $6.67! \| first editions
9	The Order of Things more books like this by James V Schall, PH.D. James Schall, the well known author and professor at Georgetown University, inquires about the differing orders found in the cosmos, the human mind, the city, the human corpus and seeks to reflect on the unity of these orders. In a world in which the presence of mind and order are denied, presumably in the name of science, in favor of chance ... see all copies from $10.02! new only from $10.80! \| SVS
10	Nature's Perspectives: Prospects for Ordinal Metaphysics more books like this by Armen Marsoobian see all copies from $2.25! new only from $2.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Order Out of Chaos: The Autobiographical Works of Maya Angelou more books like this by Dolly Aimee McPherson 'I know of no other autobiography in American letters who celebrates and sings her life with as much verve and display of vulnerability.' With this acknowledgement of Maya Angelou's unique achievement, Dolly Mc Pherson reveals her place within the Black autobiographical tradition. With fascinating insights into Maya Angelou's life and creativity, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.85! \| first editions \| SVS
12	The Phenomenon of Life: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe more books like this by Christopher Alexander The pioneering scientist and author of "A Pattern Language" delivers his long-awaited four-volume magnum opus on the nature of life in the environment and how we must relate architecture to the life in the world. see all copies from $49.98! new only from $75.00!
13	Connoisseurs of Chaos: Ideas of Order in Modern American Poetry more books like this by Denis Donoghue see all copies from $2.80! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
14	Power and Order: Henry Adams and the Naturalist Tradition in American Fiction more books like this by Harold I Kaplan see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.95! \| first editions
15	Joyce Cary and the Dimensions of Order more books like this by Michael J. C. Echeruo see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
16	Crystal and Dragon: The Cosmic Dance of Symmetry and Chaos in Nature, Art and Consciousness more books like this by David Wade Exploring the interplay of light and darkness, order and chaos, David Wade shows how perceptions about the nature of the universe are reflected in the art of a given period. He details the form and fluidity of prehistoric art, the crystalline order of Islamic patterns, and the subtle vitality of Chinese landscapes and calligraphy. see all copies from $12.00! new only from $21.29! \| SVS
17 view cover	Science, Order and Creativity Second Edition more books like this by David Bohm, F David Peat In "Science, Order and Creativity", David Bohm and F. David Peat argue that science has lost its way in recent years and needs to go beyond a narrow and fragmented view of nature and embrace a wider holistic view that restores the importance of creativity and communication for all humanity - not just scientists. The result of a close collaboration ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $27.29! \| SVS
18	Order from Confusion Sprung: Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature from Swift to Cowper more books like this by Claude Julien Rawson see all copies from $5.57! new only from $42.67! \| first editions \| SVS
19	A World of Order and Light: The Fiction of John Gardner more books like this by Gregory L Morris see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| first editions
20 view cover	The Ecumenic Age. more books like this by Eric Voegelin, Michael Franz Order and History, a comprehensive study of the order of human existence in society from ancient to modern times, has been widely acclaimed as one of the great intellectual achievements of our age. In the fourth volume, The Ecumenic Age, Eric Voegelin breaks with the course he originally charted, in which man's existence in society and the ... see all copies from $38.00! new only from $49.95!
21	Cinema Drama Schema: Eastern Metaphysic in Western Art more books like this by Hector Currie see all copies from $3.44! first editions \| SVS
22	Nature and Spirit: An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism more books like this by Robert S Corrington Nature and Spirit: An Essay in Ecstatic Naturalism develops an enlarged conception of nature that in turn calls for a transformed naturalism. Unline more descriptive naturalisms, such as those by Dewey, Santayana, and Buchler, ecstatic naturalism works out of the fundamental ontological difference between nature naturing(natura naturans) and ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $38.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Ideas of Order in the Novels of Thomas Pynchon more books like this by Molly Hite see all copies from $40.00! new only from $55.91! \| first editions
24	Norm and order; an investigation into logic, semantics, and the theory of law and morals. more books like this by Jovan Brki see all copies from $3.46! first editions
25 view cover	A Vision of a Living World: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe more books like this by Christopher Alexander In Book 3 of this four-volume work, Alexander presents hundreds of his own buildings and those of other contemporaries who have used methods consistent with the theory of living process. Nearly seven hundred pages of projects, built and planned in many countries over a thirty-year period, illustrate the impact of living process on the world. The ... see all copies from $73.30! new only from $75.00!

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