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Evolving Hierarchical Systems : Their Structure and Representation / Stanley N. Salthe.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salthe, Stanley N., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Biology--Classification.
- Biology.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1985]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- Presents metatheory of science from the perspective of a biologist concerned with evolutionary theory.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. An Introduction: Structure and Representation of the World
- 2. The Individual Entity
- 3. Some Basics of Hierarchical Structure
- 4. Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Basic Triadic System
- 5. Representing a Dynamic System Hierarchically: The Nontransitivity of Effects Across Levels
- 6. The Explicit Elaboration of a Hierarchy of Nature
- 7. Organic Evolution and the Hierarchy of Nature
- 8. Organic Evolution: Its Origin and Hierarchical Structure
- Appendix
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780231881890
- 0231881894
- OCLC:
- 1027934459
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