{"product_id":"investigations-paperback","title":"Investigations - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStuart Kauffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of Schrödinger's classic \u003cem\u003eWhat Is Life?\u003c\/em\u003e, this book is a tour-de-force investigation of the basis of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests-the approaches of Newton, Boltzman, Bohr, and Einstein.\u003cbr\u003e Kauffman's \u003cem\u003eAt Home in the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, which \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e called \"passionately written\" and \u003cem\u003enature\u003c\/em\u003e named \"courageous,\" introduced pivotal ideas about order and evolution in complex life systems. In \u003cem\u003einvestigations\u003c\/em\u003e, Kauffman builds on these theories and finds that classical science does not take into account that physical systems--such as people in a biosphere--effect their dynamic environments in addition to being affected by them. These systems act on their own behalf as autonomous agents, but what defines them as such? In other words, what is life? By defining and explaining autonomous agents and work in the contexts of thermodynamics and of information theory, Kauffman supplies a novel answer to this age-old question that goes beyond traditional scientific thinking.\u003cbr\u003e Much of \u003cem\u003eInvestigations\u003c\/em\u003e unpacks the progressively surprising implications of his definition. Kauffman lays out a foundation for a new concept of organization, and explores the requirements for the emergence of a general biology that will transcend terrestrial biology to seek laws governing biospheres anywhere in the cosmos. Moreover, he presents four candidate laws to explain how autonomous agents co-create their biosphere and the startling idea of a \"co-creating\" cosmos.\u003cbr\u003e A showcase of Kauffman's most fundamental and significant ideas, \u003cem\u003eInvestigations\u003c\/em\u003e presents a new way of thinking about the basics of general biology that will change the way we understand life itself--on this planet and anywhere else in the cosmos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStuart Kauffman\u003c\/strong\u003e, winner of the MacArthur \"genius\" award, is a founding member of the Santa Fe Institute, the leading center for the emerging sciences of complexity. A major force in science and its applications to the business world, he formed BiosGroup LP in 1996 in partnership with Ernst \u0026amp; Young. The author of previous bestsellers \u003cem\u003eOrigins of Order\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAt Home in the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.77 x 8.94 x 6.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 19, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379351863545,"sku":"9780195121056","price":83.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NVI3ODRIb09aQ2hGWGMxa01RUFZhZz09.webp?v=1770053100","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/investigations-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}