THE INGENIOUS MIND OF NATURE

HALL, GEORGE M.

ISBN 10: 0306455714 / ISBN 13: 9780306455711

Verlag: Springer, 1997

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers NW9780306455711

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Von der hinteren Coverseite: 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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: THE INGENIOUS MIND OF NATURE
Verlag: Springer
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: NEW