The Ingenious Mind Of Nature: Deciphering the Patterns of Man, Society, and the Universe (Path in Psychology) - Softcover

Hall, George M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306455714 ISBN 13: 9780306455711

Verlag: Basic Books, 1997

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George Hall - teacher, historian, engineer, and computer analyst - draws upon the competing perspectives of traditional science, the exciting new science of chaos, and the burgeoning and important tenets of complexity theory, catastrophe theory, and fuzzy logic to look for a common theme. All of these perspectives, he finds, are fundamentally united by a common theme: the crucial patterns of elements and their dynamic change over time. Order - be it the growth of a foetus or the rumbling shift of continents - evolves because these patterns are themselves the blueprint and the programmes by which nature shapes our awe-inspiring universe. Hall takes this concept and carries it from the simplest phenomena to the most complex, including the evolution of the species. He then extends these concepts beyond the physical sciences, into the fascinating provinces of philosophy, computer programming, psychology, economics, political science, international relations, law, and ethics.

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George Hall--teacher, historian, engineer, and computer analyst--uniquely draws upon the competing perspectives of traditional science, the exciting new science of chaos, and the burgeoning and important tenets of complexity theory, catastrophe theory, and fuzzy logic to look for a common theme.

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• Verlag: Basic Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0306455714
• ISBN 13: 9780306455711
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464
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