There Is No Theory of Everything A Physics Perspective on Emergence /

• Main Author: English, Lars Q. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Physics.; Philosophy and science.; Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory.; Philosophy of Science.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.

The main purpose of this book is to introduce a broader audience to emergence by illustrating how discoveries in the physical sciences have informed the ways we think about it.  In a nutshell, emergence asserts that non-reductive behavior arises at higher levels of organization and complexity. As ph...