Chaos and Life: Complexity and Order in Evolution and Thought by Richard J. Bird - 2003-11-26

Columbia University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Columbia University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Columbia University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Columbia University Press, 2003. Hardcover. Like New. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Columbia University Press, 2003. Hardcover. NEAR FINE/Very Good. x, 322 pp. Small bump to head of spine, very clean and sharp otherwise. DJ seem rubbing, fresh and bright.

New York: Columbia University Press. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 023112662X . 322 Pp. Index. Notes. Illus. Spine, corner bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. A bit of dampstain to the lower front spine edge at the hinge. Jacket protected in a mylar sleeve.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 352 pages .

Columbia University Press, 19/12/2003 00:00:01. hardcover. Very Good. 2.9977 in x 22.7827 in x 15.1885 in.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New. Why, in a scientific age, do people routinely turn to astrologers, mediums, cultists, and every kind of irrational practitioner rather than to science to meet their spiritual needs? The answer, according to Richard J. Bird, is that science, especially biology, has embraced a view of life that renders meaningless the coincidences, serendipities, and other seemingly significant occurrences that fill people's everyday existence. Evolutionary biology rests on the assumption that although events are fundamentally random, some are selected because they are better adapted than others to the surrounding world. This book proposes an alternative view of evolving complexity. Bird argues that randomness means not disorder but infinite order. Complexity arises not from many random events of natural selection (although these are not unimportant) but from the "playing out" of chaotic systems-which are best described mathematically. When we properly understand the complex interplay of… Read More

Columbia University Press, 2003-11-26. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!