{"product_id":"complexity-and-evolution-paperback-9780521117951","title":"Complexity and Evolution (Paperback) 9780521117951","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eComplexity and Evolution\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA book which explores the many links between the physical, biological and social sciences.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMax Pettersson (Author), Joseph Needham (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521117951, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 July 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 0.9 cm, 0.24 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...this brief book serves its purpose if it provokes the reader to develope a more critical synoptic view of the whole shebang.  I recommend it.\"    Arthur Falk, The Quarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis unique book ranges across the physical, biological and social sciences in the development of its primary theme, that there are nine major 'integrative levels' which can be recognised. The term integrative levels was first used by Joseph Needham in 1937 and has two key features. The first is that members of a given integrative level are unified entities and the second is that a member of one level is commonly composed of parts which are members of the next lower level. Thus fundamental particles form Level 1 while Level 9 is that of sovereign states. This theme has been developed by Max Pettersson in a book which explores the many links between the physical, biological and social sciences, reaching wide-ranging and sometimes unexpected conclusions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eForeword by Joseph Needham\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e 1. Natural and other hierarchies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Major integrative levels\u003cbr\u003e 3. Some logarithmic forms of display\u003cbr\u003e 4. Physical range of integrated natural entities\u003cbr\u003e 5. Biological range of integrated natural entities (part one)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Biological range of integrated natural entities (part two)\u003cbr\u003e 7. Social range of integrated natural entities\u003cbr\u003e 8. Human societies (part one)\u003cbr\u003e 9. Human societies (part two)\u003cbr\u003e 10. Acceleration in evolution\u003cbr\u003e 11. Further allied accelerations\u003cbr\u003e 12. Aspects of number\u003cbr\u003e 13. Aspects of man\u003cbr\u003e 14. Positive skewness\u003cbr\u003e 15. Quantitative conclusions\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Evolution [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Evolution\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Evolution%20%5BPSAJ%5D%22\"\u003ePSAJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006527656216,"sku":"9780521117951","price":40.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521117951i_f366367e-605f-4a29-8306-5d9e6fb3a4f8.jpg?v=1691371585","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/complexity-and-evolution-paperback-9780521117951","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}