The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Norway

Region is based on IP address

  1. Home
  5. Ecological science, the Biosphere
  1. Home
  3. Genres
  7. Ecological science, the Biosphere
Investigations

Paperback • 2000 • English

Investigations

By Stuart A. Kauffman

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

In the tradition of Schrodinger's classic What Is Life?, this book is a tour-de-force investigation of the basis of life itself, with conclusions that radically undermine the scientific approaches on which modern science rests-the approaches of Newton, Boltzman, Bohr, and Einstein. Kauffman's At Home in the Universe, which The New York Times Book Review called "passionately written" and nature named "courageous," introduced pivotal ideas about order and evolution in complex life systems. In inv...Show more

Life sciences: general issues
Ecological science, the Biosphere
Evolution

Book details

ISBN

9780195121056

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published year

2000

Language

English

Original title

Investigations

Format

Paperback

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

How Life Works A User's Guide to the New Biology

How Life Works A User's Guide to the New Biology

Philip Ball

The Grand Biocentric Design How Life Creates Reality

The Grand Biocentric Design How Life Creates Reality

Robert Lanza

What is life

What is life

Paul Nurse

Integrated Principles of Zoology

Integrated Principles of Zoology

Hiickman, Keen, Eisenhour, Larson, I`Anson

Universal

Universal

The greatest story ever told...so far

The greatest story ever told...so far

Cosmos

Cosmos

Carl Sagan

How Evolution Explains Everything About Life

How Evolution Explains Everything About Life

New Scientist

Reordering Life

Reordering Life

Cornell University) Hilgartner Stephen (Associate Professor

Where the Universe Came From

Where the Universe Came From

New Scientist

What is Life?

What is Life?

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) Pross Addy (Professor of Chemistry Department of Chemistry

The Vital Question

The Vital Question

Nick Lane

Gaia

Gaia

and futurist) Lovelock James (Independent scientist environmentalist

The Biology of Wonder Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science

The Biology of Wonder Aliveness, Feeling, and the Metamorphosis of Science

Andreas Weber

The Systems View of Life

The Systems View of Life

Fritjof Capra

The Blind Watchmaker

The Blind Watchmaker

Richard Dawkins

Intelligence Emerging

Intelligence Emerging

Keith L. Downing

What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology

What is Life?: How Chemistry Becomes Biology

Addy Pross

Restoring the Soul of the World

Restoring the Soul of the World

David R. Fideler

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather Than Nothing

Lawrence M. Krauss

Mathematics of life

Mathematics of life

ian Stewart

The Social Conquest of Earth

The Social Conquest of Earth

Edward O. Wilson

A Universe from Nothing Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing

A Universe from Nothing Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing

Lawrence Maxwell Krauss

A Universe from Nothing

A Universe from Nothing

Lawrence Krauss

First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth

First Contact: Scientific Breakthroughs in the Hunt for Life Beyond Earth

Marc Kaufman

Biocentrism

Biocentrism

Robert Lanza

13 Things That Don't Make Sense

13 Things That Don't Make Sense

Michael Brooks

Biochemistry The Molecular Basis of Life

Biochemistry The Molecular Basis of Life

Trudy McKee

The Science Before Science

The Science Before Science

Anthony Rizzi

Theory and reality

Theory and reality

PETER GODFREY-SMITH

Evolution

Evolution

Brian Charlesworth

What Evolution is

What Evolution is

Ernst Mayr

Biology

Biology

Neil A. Campbell

Origins of Life

Origins of Life

James Brooks

Representing and Intervening Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science

Representing and Intervening Introductory Topics in the Philosophy of Natural Science

Ian Hacking

A New Science of Life

A New Science of Life

Rupert Sheldrake

The Self-Organizing Universe

The Self-Organizing Universe

Erich Jantsch

Janus: A Summing Up

Janus: A Summing Up

Arthur Koestler

Man Probes the Universe

Man Probes the Universe

Colin A.

Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology

Johnjoe McFadden