Development and evolution : complexity and change in biology /

• Main Author: Salthe, Stanley N.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, �1993.
• Series: Bradford book.
• Subjects: Cosmology.; Physics > Philosophy.; Science > Philosophy.; Evolution (Biology); SCIENCE > Cosmology.; Evolutie.; Systeemtheorie.; Complexiteit.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• 1. Introduction
• 2. Hierarchy Theory
• 3. Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics
• 4. Self-Organization, Development, and Individuation
• 5. The Search for a Theory of Change
• 6. Immature, Mature, Senescent
• Appendix The Constructive Universe and the Evolutionary Systems Framework
• Glossary
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index.