Selected Writings: On Self-Organization, Philosophy, Bioethics, and Judaism

by Henri Atlan

Book Overview

Best known for his pioneering work in theories of self-organization and complexity, the biophysicist and philosopher Henri Atlan has during the past thirty years been a major voice in contemporary European philosophical and bioethical debates. In a massive oeuvre that ranges from biology and neural network theory to Spinoza's thought and the history of philosophy, and from artificial intelligence and information theory to Jewish mysticism and contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082323181X
• ISBN13: 9780823231812
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"