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Richard J. Bird

Chaos and Life

Complexity and Order in Evolution and Thought

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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 o… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-231-12662-5
  • EAN: 9780231126625
  • Produktnummer: 9016772
  • Verlag: Columbia University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
  • Seitenangabe: 352 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.0 cm 581 g
  • Abbildungen: 48 illus., 10 photos
  • Gewicht: 581
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

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Richard J. Bird

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