Self-Organizing Systems The Emergence of Order
Technological systems become organized by commands from outside, as when human intentions lead to the building of structures or machines. But many nat ural systems become structured by their own internal processes: these are the self organizing systems, and the emergence of order within them is a...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer US
1987, 1987
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1987 |
| Series: | Life Science Monographs
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Table of Contents:
- 29 Dynamics: A Visual Introduction
- 30 Dynamics and Self-Organization
- V Epistemology of Self-Organization
- 16 Biological Reductionism: The Problems and Some Answers
- 17 Instabilities and Information in Biological Self-Organization
- 18 Programmatic Phenomena, Hermeneutics, and Neurobiology
- VI Control Theory View of Self-Organization
- 19 Control Paradigms and Self-Organization in Living Systems
- 20 Control Theory and Self-Reproduction
- VII Physics of Self-Organization
- 21 Synergetics: An Approach to Self-Organization
- 22 Role of Relative Stability in Self-Repair and Self-Maintenance
- 23 Broken Symmetry, Emergent Properties, Dissipative Structures, Life: Are They Related?
- 24 Thermodynamics and Complex Systems
- VIII Extensions of Physical Views of Self-Organization
- 25 A Thermodynamic Approach to Self-Organizing Systems
- 26 Interfaces between Quantum Physics and Bioenergetics
- 27 A Physics for Complex Systems
- 28 A Physics for Studies of Civilization
- IX TopologicaL Representation of Self-Organization
- General Introduction
- I Examples of Evolving Physical Systems
- 1 On Origins: Galaxies, Stars, Life
- 2 On Rivers
- II Genesis and Evolution of Life
- 3 A Hardware View of Biological Organization
- 4 The Origin of Self-Replicating Molecules
- 5 Self-Organization of Macromolecules
- 6 Is a New and General Theory of Evolution Emerging?
- III Differentiation, Morphogenesis, and Death of Organisms
- 7 Virus Assembly and Its Genetic Control
- 8 Molecular Biology in Embryology: The Sea Urchin Embryo
- 9 Developing Organisms as Self-Organizing Fields
- 10 The Slime Mold Dictyosteliumas a Model of Self-Organization in Social Systems
- 11 The Orderly Decay of Order in the Regulation of Aging Processes
- IV Networks, Neural Organization, and Behavior
- 12 On a Class of Self-Organizing Communication Networks
- 13 Neural Circuits for Generating Rhythmic Movements
- 14 Ordered Retinotectal Projections and Brain Organization
- 15 A View of Brain Theory