Synergetics: Chaos, Order, Self-Organization (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789810212865)

For centuries, humankind has believed that the world with all its form and structure was created by supernatural forces. In recent decades science has shaken these beliefs with the discovery of the exciting possibility of a self-created and self-creating world -- of self-organization. Synergetics endeavours to reveal the intimate mechanisms of self-organization. The transitions from chaos to order, the nature of self-organization, the various approaches to it and certain philosophical inferences are outlined. Synergetics thus represents a remarkable confluence of many strands of thought, and has become a paradigm in modern culture. This book exposes the reader to striking new vistas in physics and mathematics, chemistry and biology, social sciences and philosophy -- all interlocked around the concept of self-organization.

Author: Michael Bushev
ISBN-10: 9810212860
ISBN-13: 9789810212865
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 04/01/1994
Pages: 252
Format: Hardcover