Stuart Kauffman is an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher focused on the origin of life on Earth. His work proposes that the complexity of biological systems may arise as much from self-organization and far-from-equilibrium dynamics as from Darwinian natural selection. He also applies Boolean network models to simplified genetic circuits, contributing to an understanding of life's emergent properties.
A fascinating exploration of the very essence of life itself sheds new light on the order and evolution in complex life systems and defines and explains autonomous agents and work within the contexts of thermodynamics and information theory, setting the stage for a dramatic technological revolution. 50,000 first printing.
The Search for Laws of Self-organization and Complexity
At Home in the Universe presents and extends the intellectual core ofKauffman's earlier book The Origins of Order (OUP 1993) for any intelligentgeneral reader can understand and appreciate. The reader is very effectivelyinvited into Kauffman's vision and thought processes, in one of the moreexhilarating and important books of popular science.
A compelling and sweeping argument that complexity theory can build a bridge between science and religion
In this fascinating read, Kauffman concludes that the development of life on earth is not entirely predictable, because no theory could ever fully account for the limitless variations of evolution. Sure to cause a stir, this book will be discussed for years to come and may even set the tone for the next great thinker.