At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
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"At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity" is a popular science book by Stuart Kauffman that explores how principles of self-organization and complexity can explain the emergence of order and life in the universe.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity Context triple: [Stuart Kauffman, notableWork, At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity]
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Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds
"Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds" is the guiding motto of the Santa Fe Institute, reflecting its focus on understanding complex adaptive systems across disciplines.
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Chaos: Making a New Science
Chaos: Making a New Science is a popular science book that introduced and explained the concepts and history of chaos theory to a broad audience.
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Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is a critically acclaimed 2005 studio album by Paul McCartney that showcases a more introspective, stripped-down songwriting and production style.
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Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.
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Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity Target entity description: "At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity" is a popular science book by Stuart Kauffman that explores how principles of self-organization and complexity can explain the emergence of order and life in the universe.
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A.
Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds
"Searching for Order in the Complexity of Evolving Worlds" is the guiding motto of the Santa Fe Institute, reflecting its focus on understanding complex adaptive systems across disciplines.
-
B.
Chaos: Making a New Science
Chaos: Making a New Science is a popular science book that introduced and explained the concepts and history of chaos theory to a broad audience.
-
C.
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is a critically acclaimed 2005 studio album by Paul McCartney that showcases a more introspective, stripped-down songwriting and production style.
-
D.
Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Steps to an Ecology of Mind is a seminal 1972 collection of essays by anthropologist and systems theorist Gregory Bateson that explores communication, cybernetics, and the interdependence of mind and nature.
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E.
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge
Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge is a 1998 book by biologist Edward O. Wilson that argues for the unification of the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities into a single, coherent framework of knowledge.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| instanceOf |
book
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popular science book ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
provide a scientific framework for understanding the emergence of life
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show that order can arise without external design ⓘ |
| author | Stuart Kauffman ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| discusses |
NK models of fitness landscapes
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phase transitions in complex systems ⓘ the edge of chaos in evolutionary dynamics ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
that selection is not the only source of biological order
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the creative role of complex networks in evolution ⓘ |
| explores |
how complex systems can spontaneously generate order
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laws that may govern self-organization in the universe ⓘ the relationship between evolution and complexity ⓘ the role of networks in the origin of life ⓘ |
| field |
complex systems
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origin-of-life studies ⓘ theoretical biology ⓘ |
| genre | popular science ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | life is a natural and probable outcome of the universe's laws ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
complexity science
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evolutionary biology ⓘ nonlinear dynamics ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainThesis | principles of self-organization and complexity help explain the emergence of order and life in the universe ⓘ |
| notableFor |
arguing that life is an expected outcome of complex chemical networks
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popularizing ideas about self-organization in biology ⓘ |
| proposesConcept |
autocatalytic sets
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self-organized criticality in biological systems ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution ⓘ |
| subject |
complexity theory
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emergence ⓘ evolution ⓘ order in nature ⓘ origin of life ⓘ self-organization ⓘ systems biology ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
general readers interested in science
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students of complexity theory ⓘ |
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At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity
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