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Fritjof Capra - The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision - 9781107011366 - V9781107011366
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The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision

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Description for The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision Hardcover. The first volume to integrate life's biological, cognitive, social, and ecological dimensions into a single, coherent framework. Num Pages: 510 pages, 81 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1138.
Over the past thirty years, a new systemic conception of life has emerged at the forefront of science. New emphasis has been given to complexity, networks, and patterns of organisation, leading to a novel kind of 'systemic' thinking. This volume integrates the ideas, models, and theories underlying the systems view of life into a single coherent framework. Taking a broad sweep through history and across scientific disciplines, the authors examine the appearance of key concepts such as autopoiesis, dissipative structures, social networks, and a systemic understanding of evolution. The implications of the systems view of life for health care, management, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
1128g
Number of Pages
510
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107011366
SKU
V9781107011366
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About Fritjof Capra
Fritjof Capra is a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California, and serves on the faculty of Schumacher College, Devon. He is a physicist and systems theorist, and has been engaged in a systematic examination of the philosophical and social implications of contemporary science for the past 35 years. Pier Luigi Luisi is Professor in Biochemistry at ... Read more

Reviews for The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision
'Partly an enjoyable survey of exciting new developments in systems biology, valuable to any student of biology or science, and partly a bold blueprint for how we might preserve our future on Earth.' New Scientist 'A magisterial study of the scientific basis for an integrated worldview grounded in the wholeness that generations of one-eyed reductionists could not see. The authors ... Read more

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