I N F O - E C O - B O O K L I S T - Doors of Perception 3 (1995)
Hidden Order:
How Adaption Builds Complexity
author: Holland, John, H.
publisher: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1995
language: English
pages: 175 pp.
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isbn: 0-201-40793-0
category: 2 - Ecology / Nature / Science
How does a disease like AIDS manage to destroy the immune system? How does a city like New York or Tokyo manage to deliver food, medicine, clothing, and other essentials to millions of inhabitants without breaking down? The functioning of such immensely complex systems remains a mystery. But through his work at the Santa Fe Institute and at the Universty of Michigan, John Holland and his co-workers are now on the threshold of a solution. New York
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