Re: virus: Origins of order (was Re: Postmodernism and Truth)

C. David Noziglia (noziglia@actrix.gen.nz)
Mon, 20 May 1996 19:07:52 -0700


David McFadzean wrote:
> An easier introduction to Stuart Kauffman's ideas can be found in his
> _At Home in the Universe_ subtitled "The Search for the Laws of Self-
> Organization and Complexity" (Oxford University Press, 1995). From what
> I gather, it covers the same material as _Origins of Order_ but written
> for a wider audience. Has anyone read it yet?
>
> David

It's on my bookshelf, well thumbed. I thought it was very good, and have
extracted many quotes from it for my own writing and thought. He makes a
very good case!

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C. David Noziglia
Wellington, New Zealand
noziglia@actrix.gen.nz

"Blessed are those who have no expectations, for they will never be disappointed." Kautiliya Shakhamuni Sidhartha Gautama Buddha

"Things are the way they are because they got that way."

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