Overview

This book brings together an impressive group of leading scholars in the sciences of complexity, and a few workers on the interface of science and religion, to explore the wider implications of complexity studies. It includes an introduction to complexity studies and explores the concept of information in physics and biology and various philosophical and religious perspectives. Chapter authors include Paul Davies, Greg Chaitin, Charles Bennett, Werner Loewenstein, Paul Dembski, Ian Stewart, Stuart Kauffman, Harold Morowitz, Arthur Peacocke, and Niels H. Gregersen.

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Author:   Niels Henrik Gregersen (Research Professor in Science and Theology, Research Professor in Science and Theology, University of Aarhus)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.00cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.00cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9780195150704

ISBN 10:   0195150708
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   09 January 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contributors 1: Paul Davies: Introduction: Towards an Emergentist Worldview PART I. DEFINING COMPLEXITY 2: Gregory J. Chaitin: Randomness and Mathematical Proof 3: Charles H. Bennett: How to Define Complexity in Physics, and Why PART II. THE CONCEPT OF INFORMATION IN PHYSICS AND BIOLOGY 4: Stuart Kauffman: The Emergence of Autonomous Agents 5: Paul Davies: Complexity and the Arrow of Time 6: William A. Dembski: Can Evolutionary Algorithms Generate Specified Complexity? 7: Ian Stewart: The Second Law of Gravutucs and the Fourth Law of Thermodynamics 8: Werner R. Loewenstein: Two Arros from a Mighty Bow PART III. PHILOSOPHICAL AND RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES 9: Harold J. Morowitz: Emergence of Transcendence 10: Arthur Peacocke: Complexity, Emergence, and Divine Creativity 11: Niels Henrik Gregersen: From Anthropic Design to Self-Organized Complexity Index

Reviews

A success. -- C.P. Goodman, The Polyani Society Periodical<br> This volume could well serve as the core resource for undergraduates studying contemporary science and philosophy. --CHOICE, P. D. Skiff<br>

"""A success."" -- C.P. Goodman, The Polyani Society Periodical ""This volume could well serve as the core resource for undergraduates studying contemporary science and philosophy.""--CHOICE, P. D. Skiff ""A success."" -- C.P. Goodman, The Polyani Society Periodical ""This volume could well serve as the core resource for undergraduates studying contemporary science and philosophy.""--CHOICE, P. D. Skiff"

Melanie Mitchell's book is most enjoyable, truly inspiring, skillfully written, and, above all, beautifully clear. The author's enthusiasm and passion for the field make the book fascinating to read. Her rigor, clarity, and healthy skepticism make the book sound and the field scientifically stronger. It is an excellent and rigorous account of the scientific field of complexity. She proves by example that it is possible to explain complex systems science with rigor, breadth, depth, and - above all - exquisite clarity * Artificial Life *

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