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Origins of Order : Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution by Stuart A. Kauffman (1993, Trade Paperback)
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195079515
ISBN-139780195079517
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Number of Pages734 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameOrigins of Order : Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
SubjectLife Sciences / Evolution, System Theory, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year1993
TypeTextbook
AuthorStuart A. Kauffman
Subject AreaScience
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Reviews"For all the recent advances in molecular biology, we still lack a convincing explanation of how self-organising and self-replicating entities originated. Stuart Kauffman enters this arena with a book that seeks to show that self-organising structures of great complexity can assemblethemselves much more easily, and much more understandably, than previous intuition suggested. . .Building on recent work in nonlinear mathematics, the idea at the heart of the book is truly important: even in vastly complicated interactive networks, a few simple rules can easily--if amazingly--leadto order and self-organised patterns and processes. This represents a major advance in understanding how the living world works." --Robert M. May, The Observer, "The conventional concept of Darwinian evolution views populations oforganisms as randomly varying systems shaped to adaptation by the external forceof natural selection. But Darwinian theory must be expanded to recognize othersources of order based on the internal genetic and developmental constraints oforganisms and on the structural limits and possibilities of general physicallaws. Stu Kauffman has been exploring these unorthodox sources of order formany years and has now produced an integrative book that will become a landmarkand a classic as we grope towards a more comprehensive and satisfying theory ofevolution." --Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University, "Professor Kauffman's book is highly imaginative and provocative." --Lewis Wolpert, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Has there been time, since the origin of life on earth, for naturalselection to produce the astonishing complexity of living organisms? Kauffmanoffers a new and unorthodox answer to this question. Given what we know aboutthe way genes signal to one another, he argues that complexity can arise morereadily than one would expect. I am not sure he is right, but I am sure that weshould take his ideas seriously. --John Maynard Smith, University ofSussex|9780195079517|, "The facile claim that natural selection can accomplish every adaptivechange fails to grapple with the problems posed by a highly structured systemwith its own laws of assembly and interaction. Stuart Kauffman's book, TheOrigins of Order, returns the problem of evolution to the central issue thatevolutionists have been avoiding for too long, the problem of the evolution of acomplex, organized system that we call, appropriately, an organism.Evolutionists had better take Kauffman's arguments seriously." --Richard C.Lewontin, Harvard University, "For all the recent advances in molecular biology, we still lack aconvincing explanation of how self-organising and self-replicating entitiesoriginated. Stuart Kauffman enters this arena with a book that seeks to showthat self-organising structures of great complexity can assemble themselves muchmore easily, and much more understandably, than previous intuition suggested . .. . Building on recent work in nonlinear mathematics, the idea at the heart ofthe book is truly important: even in vastly complicated interactive networks, afew simple rules can easily--if amazingly--lead to order and self-organisedpatterns and processes. This represents a major advance in understanding howthe living world works." --Robert M. May, The Observer, "Biology is the science of the organizational principles that make livingthings living. Kauffman's book is a massive attempt to provide the foundationsfor a theory of such organization . . . . The book is as much an explication ofa specific style of scientific thinking as it is a book on adaptation, theorigin of life, and ontogeny. The style of thinking can be characterized by theassumption that there are deep and simple conceptual structures that will allowus to understand life and not merely describe it. . . . I hope that Kauffman'sbook will be a strong stimulus for many scientists to search actively for theprinciples that govern the organization of living states of matter."--Science, "Biology is the science of the organizational principles that make living things living. Kauffman's book is a massive attempt to provide the foundations for a theory of such organization. . .The book is as much an explication of a specific style of scientific thinking as it is a book onadaptation, the origin of life, and ontogeny. The style of thinking can be characterized by the assumption that there are deep and simple conceptual structures that will allow us to understand life and not merely describe it. . .I hope that Kauffman's book will be a strong stimulus for manyscientists to search actively for the principles that govern the organization of living states of matter." --Science, Here is a big book with a big purpose. . . . The Origins of Order is the first book to be written by any of the complexity theorists themselves, and it presents Kauffman's view of the biological realm. . . . The Origins of Order will be seen as a major work in the progression of biological theory. At the very least, Kauffman has made a persuasive case to have his bold hypothesis heard., Has there been time, since the origin of life on earth, for natural selection to produce the astonishing complexity of living organisms? Kauffman offers a new and unorthodox answer to this question. Given what we know about the way genes signal to one another, he argues that complexity canarise more readily than one would expect. I am not sure he is right, but I am sure that we should take his ideas seriously. --John Maynard Smith, University of Sussex|9780195079517|, "There are very few people in this world who ever ask the right questionsof science, and they are the ones who affect its future most profoundly. StuartKauffman is one of these. Read this book." --Philip Anderson, Nobel Laureate,Dept. of Physics, Princeton University, "This book does a real service in building a bridge between reductionist and holistic ways of thinking about systems. . .Kauffman writes with great intelligence and clarity and is able to bring together a large range of theory and experimental information without getting bogged down indetail." --Whole Earth Review, "Stuart Kauffman's book. . .is a global representation of a new field, that will greatly enhance our physical understanding of Nature. It treats from a physical standpoint the processes of molecular selfordering, as biologists witness them in the living world, and it does so in a mostoriginal and authoritative way. A superb reading, not limited to physicists and biologists, having most important implications in natural philosophy." --Manfred Eigen, Max-Planck Institut fur Biophysikalische Chemie, "Stuart Kauffman's book . . . is a global representation of a new field,that will greatly enhance our physical understanding of Nature. It treats froma physical standpoint the processes of molecular selfordering, as biologistswitness them in the living world, and it does so in a most original andauthoritative way. A superb reading, not limited to physicists and biologists,having most important implications in natural philosophy." --Manfred Eigen,Max-Planck Institut fur Biophysikalische Chemie, "I rarely agree with Stuart Kauffman, but I always enjoy arguing with him.If you are interested in novel theories, buy this book--you will find lots ofideas worth wrestling with." --Leslie E. Orgel, The Salk Institute, "A big book with a big purpose. . . . asks the question: "What are thesources of the overwhelming and beautiful order which graces the living world?". . . the first book to be written by any of the complexity theoriststhemselves. . . . a major work in the progression of biological theory. At thevery least, Kauffman has made a persuasive case to have his bold hypothesisheard." --New Scientist, "Professor Kauffman's book is highly imaginative and provocative." --LewisWolpert, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, "The facile claim that natural selection can accomplish every adaptive change fails to grapple with the problems posed by a highly structured system with its own laws of assembly and interaction. Stuart Kauffman's book, The Origins of Order, returns the problem of evolution to the centralissue that evolutionists have been avoiding for too long, the problem of the evolution of a complex, organized system that we call, appropriately, an organism. Evolutionists had better take Kauffman's arguments seriously." --Richard C. Lewontin, Harvard University, "I rarely agree with Stuart Kauffman, but I always enjoy arguing with him. If you are interested in novel theories, buy this book--you will find lots of ideas worth wrestling with." --Leslie E. Orgel, The Salk Institute, "There are very few people in this world who ever ask the right questions of science, and they are the ones who affect its future most profoundly. Stuart Kauffman is one of these. Read this book." --Philip Anderson, Nobel Laureate, Dept. of Physics, Princeton University, . . . an integrative book that will become a landmark and a classic as we grope towards a more comprehensive and satisfying theory of evolution., "The conventional concept of Darwinian evolution views populations of organisms as randomly varying systems shaped to adaptation by the external force of natural selection. But Darwinian theory must be expanded to recognize other sources of order based on the internal genetic anddevelopmental constraints of organisms and on the structural limits and possibilities of general physical laws. Stu Kauffman has been exploring these unorthodox sources of order for many years and has now produced an integrative book that will become a landmark and a classic as we grope towards amore comprehensive and satisfying theory of evolution." --Stephen Jay Gould, Harvard University
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Table Of Content1. Conceptual Outline of Current Evolutionary TheoryPART I: Adaptation on the Edge of Chaos2. The Structure of Rugged Fitness Landscapes3. Biological Implications of Rugged Fitness Landscapes4. The Structure of Adaptive Landscapes Underlying Protein Evolution5. Self Organization and Adaptation in Complex Systems6. Coevolving Complex SystemsPART II: The Crystallization of Life7. The Origins of Life: A New View8. The Origin of a Connected Metabolism9. Autocatalytic Polynucleotide Systems: Hypercycles, Spin Glasses and Coding10. Random GrammarsPART III: Order and Ontogeny11. The Architecture of Genetic Regulatory Circuits and Its Evolution12. Differentiation: The Dynamical Behaviors of Genetic Regulatory Networks13. Selection for Gene Expression in Cell Type14. Morphology, Maps and the Spatial Ordering of Integrated Tissues
SynopsisKauffman's thesis combines concepts of self-organization, integration with natural selection, and adaptation to explain the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems., Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate on the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization: the spontaneous emergence of orderthat is widely observed throughout nature Kauffman argues that self-organization plays an important role in the Darwinian process of natural selection. Yet until now no systematic effort has been made toincorporate the concept of self-organization into evolutionary theory. The construction requirements which permit complex systems to adapt are poorly understood, as is the extent to which selection itself can yield systems able to adapt more successfully. This book explores these themes. It shows how complex systems, contrary to expectations, can spontaneously exhibit stunning degrees of order, and how this order, in turn, is essential for understanding the emergence and development of life onEarth. Topics include the new biotechnology of applied molecular evolution, with its important implications for developing new drugs and vaccines; the balance between order and chaos observed in manynaturally occurring systems; new insights concerning the predictive power of statistical mechanics in biology; and other major issues. Indeed, the approaches investigated here may prove to be the new center around which biological science itself will evolve. The work is written for all those interested in the cutting edge of research in the life sciences., Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate on the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization: the spontaneous emergence of order that is widely observed throughout nature Kauffman argues that self-organization plays an important role in the Darwinian process of natural selection. Yet until now no systematic effort has been made to incorporate the concept of self-organization into evolutionary theory. The construction requirements which permit complex systems to adapt are poorly understood, as is the extent to which selection itself can yield systems able to adapt more successfully. This book explores these themes. It shows how complex systems, contrary to expectations, can spontaneously exhibit stunning degrees of order, and how this order, in turn, is essential for understanding the emergence and development of life on Earth. Topics include the new biotechnology of applied molecular evolution, with its important implications for developing new drugs and vaccines; the balance between order and chaos observed in many naturally occurring systems; new insights concerning the predictive power of statistical mechanics in biology; and other major issues. Indeed, the approaches investigated here may prove to be the new center around which biological science itself will evolve. The work is written for all those interested in the cutting edge of research in the life sciences.
LC Classification NumberQH325.K39 1993
