Self-Organizing Systems

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Bibliography

References for Paradigm Change

Anderson, P. W., "More Is Different" Science, Vol. 177 No. 4047, Aug. 1972

Kuhn, Thomas S., The Structure of Scientific Revolutions,
U. of Chicago Press, 1970

Reference for The Systems View

Laszlo, Ervin, The Systems View of the World, George Braziller, 1972

References for Systems

Laszlo, Ervin, Evolution: The Grand Synthesis, Shambhala, 1987

Lorenz. Edward N., The Essence of Chaos, U. of Washington Press, 1993

Waldrop, M. Mitchell, Complexity, Simon & Schuster, 1992

Reference for Self-Organizing Systems

Prigogine, Ilya and Stengers, Isabella, Order Out of Chaos, Bantam Books, 1984

Reference for Organizing Principles

Davies, Paul, The Cosmic Blueprint, Simon & Schuster, 1988

References for Patterns

Kelso, J. A. Scott, Dynamic Patterns, M. I. T. Press, 1995

Kolers, Paul A. and Eden, Murray, Eds., Recognizing Patterns, M. I. T. Press 1968

References for Complexity

Arthur, Brian, 'Why Do Things Become More Complex", Scientific American, May 1993

Casti, John L., Complexification, Harper Perennial, 1995

Davies, Paul, "A New Science of Complexity", New Scientist, Nov.26, 1988

Gould, Stephen Jay, "The Evolution of Life on Earth", Scientific American, Oct. 1994

Horgan, John, "From Complexity to Perplexity", Scientific American, June, 1995

Pagels, Heinz R., The Dreams of Reason, Bantam Books, 1989

Yoon, Carol Kaesuk, "Biologists Deny Life Gets More Complex", New York Times, Mar. 30, 1993

Reference for Synergy

Edmondson, Amy C., A Fuller Explanation: The Synergetic Geometry of R. Buckminster Fuller, Birkhauser, 1987

References for Emergence

Anderson, P. W., "More Is Different", Science, Aug. 4, 1972

Davies, Paul, The CosmicBlueprint, Simon & Schuster, 1988

Waldrop, M. Mitchell, Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos, Simon & Schuster, 1992

References for Emergence - Origins of the Concept

Alexander, Samuel, Space, Time and Deity, The MacMillian Co., 1920

Morgan, C. Lloyd, Emergent Evolution, Henry Holt and Co., 1928

Randall, John Herman, The Making of the Modern Mind, Houghton Mifflin, 1940

Russell, Bertrand, A History of Western Philosophy, Simon and Schuster, 1945

References for Emergent Properties

Bunge, Michael, "Emergence and the Mind", Neuroscience, Vol. 2, 1977

Bury, J. B., The Idea of Progress, Dover, 1955

Laszlo, Ervin, The Systems View of the World, George Braziller, 1972

Nisbet, Robert, History of the Idea of Progress, Basic Books, 1980

Waldrop, M. Mitchell, Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos, Simon & Schuster, 1992

References for Emergent Evolution

Davies, Paul, The CosmicBlueprint, Simon & Schuster, 1988

Kauffman, Stuart, At Home in the Universe, Oxford University Press, 1995

Laszlo, Ervin, Evolution: The Grand Synthesis, Shambhala, 1987

Morgan, C. Lloyd, Emergent Evolution, Henry Holt and Co., 1928

References for Evolution and Complexity

Arthur, Brian, Why Do Things Become More Complex, Scientific American, May 1993

Capra, Fritjof, The Turning Point, Simon and Schuster, 1982

Gould, Stephen Jay, "The Evolution of Life on Earth", Scientific American, Oct. 1994

McShea, Daniel W., "Complexity and Evolution: What Everybody Knows", Biology and Philosophy, 1991

Kauffman, Stuart, At Home in the Universe, Oxford Univ. Press, 1995

References for Chemical Self-Organization

Henderson, Lawrence J., The Fitness of the Environment

Kirshner, Robert, "The Elements", Scientific American, Oct.,1994 91

Rebeck Jr., Julius, "Synthetic Self-Replicating Molecules", Scientific American, July, 1994

References for Cells Self-Organizing Systems

Capaldi, Roderick. "A Dynamic Model of Cell Membranes", Scientific American, Mar.,1974

de Duve, Christian, "The Birth of Complex Cells", Scientific American, Apr. 1996

Margulis, Lynn, Symbiosis in Cell Evolution, Evergreen, 1993

References for Societies- Self-Organizing Systems

Bonner, John T., Cells and Societies, Princeton University Press, 1955

Kropotkin, P., Mutual Aid: A Factor in Evolution, McClure Phillips, 1903

Wilson, Edward O., Sociobiology: The New Synthesis,
Harvard University Press, 1975

References for Thermodynamic law and Self-Organizing Systems

Coveney, P. and Highfield, R., The Arrow of Time, Fawcett 1990

Fry, Iris, "Evolution in Thermodynamic Perspective", Zygon June, 1995

Prigogine, Ilya and Stengers, Isabelle, Order Out of Chaos, Bantam Books, 1984

Davis, Paul, The Cosmic Blueprint, Simon and Shuster, 1989

Wicken, Jeffrey S., "Chance, Necessity, and Purpose" Zygon Dec., 1981