Origin(s) of Design in Nature
A Fresh, Interdisciplinary Look at How Design Emerges in Complex Systems, Especially Life
Editors: Swan, Liz, Gordon, Richard, Seckbach, Joseph (Eds.)
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- Both scientific and theological aspects of design are considered the volume is very multi-disciplinary
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Origin(s) of Design in Nature is a collection of over 40 articles from prominent researchers in the life, physical, and social sciences, medicine, and the philosophy of science that all address the philosophical and scientific question of how design emerged in the natural world. The volume offers a large variety of perspectives on the design debate including progressive accounts from artificial life, embryology, complexity, cosmology, theology and the philosophy of biology. This book is volume 23 of the series, Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology. www.springer.com/series/5775
- Table of contents (45 chapters)
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The Initial Low Gravitational Entropy of the Universe as the Origin of Design in Nature
Pages 3-16
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On the Biological Origin of Design in Nature
Pages 17-41
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Creativity in Nature
Pages 43-55
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Plato’s Pythagorean Cosmos: Order and Chaos in the Intelligence of Natural Design
Pages 59-85
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War or Peace? Huxley and Kropotkin’s Battle Over the Design of Virtue
Pages 87-110
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Table of contents (45 chapters)
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Origin(s) of Design in Nature
- Book Subtitle
- A Fresh, Interdisciplinary Look at How Design Emerges in Complex Systems, Especially Life
- Editors
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- Liz Swan
- Richard Gordon
- Joseph Seckbach
- Series Title
- Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology
- Series Volume
- 23
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-94-007-4156-0
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-94-007-4156-0
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-94-007-4155-3
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-94-017-7963-0
- Series ISSN
- 1566-0400
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XXVII, 812
- Number of Illustrations
- 132 b/w illustrations
- Topics
