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Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective

Name: Ecology, the Ascendent Perspective
Brand: Columbia University Press
SKU: 9780231108287
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Autor: Robert E. Ulanowicz

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Ecology, Ulanowicz argues, needs a more robust central paradigm, and this book presents one derived...

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Autor

Robert E. Ulanowicz

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

1997

Pagini

222

EAN

9780231108287

ISBN

0231108281

Enbook ID

04557276

Editura

Columbia University Press

Greutate

488

Dimensiuni

160 x 228 x 20

Descriere completă

Ecology, Ulanowicz argues, needs a more robust central paradigm, and this book presents one derived from current work in information theory, ecosystem energetics, and complexity theory; the result is a theoretical and empirical tool kit better able to measure the developmental status of any living community. Ranging widely to explore critical issues in the history of science -- order, causality, progress, laws -- Ulanowicz sets forth a coherent theoretical framework for ecology. He demonstrates that mechanical models can capture behavior of relatively simple, isolated populations, but fail to explain the rich, complex, and sometimes unpredictable mix of order and disorder that characterizes larger systems. A challenge to existing Newtonian and Darwinian paradigms, this book suggests ways to bring ecology from the fringes to the center of science.