Emergence Books

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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,544 ratings — published 2001
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Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 3,267 ratings — published 2003
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,704 ratings — published 1992
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Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 3,112 ratings — published 1992
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Emergence: From Chaos To Order Emergence: From Chaos To Order (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 267 ratings — published 1998
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A New Kind of Science A New Kind of Science (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 2,173 ratings — published 2002
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Complexity: A Guided Tour Complexity: A Guided Tour (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 3,449 ratings — published 2009
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At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,428 ratings — published 1995
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0) Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds (Emergent Strategy, #0)
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avg rating 4.25 — 9,787 ratings — published 2017
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The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.65 — 88 ratings — published 2002
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System Modeling in Cellular Biology: From Concepts to Nuts and Bolts System Modeling in Cellular Biology: From Concepts to Nuts and Bolts (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 6 ratings — published 2006
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The Ontogeny of Information: Developmental Systems and Evolution (Science and Cultural Theory) The Ontogeny of Information: Developmental Systems and Evolution (Science and Cultural Theory)
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avg rating 4.29 — 58 ratings — published 1986
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The Origin of Species The Origin of Species (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.01 — 120,632 ratings — published 1859
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Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 460 ratings — published 2007
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 56,410 ratings — published 2012
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Synchronicity: Nature and Psyche in an Interconnected Universe Synchronicity: Nature and Psyche in an Interconnected Universe (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 100 ratings — published 2009
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Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter Incomplete Nature: How Mind Emerged from Matter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 447 ratings — published 2011
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Diversity and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems) Diversity and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems)
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avg rating 4.12 — 206 ratings — published 2010
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Chaos: Making a New Science Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 40,428 ratings — published 1987
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The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 279 ratings — published 1993
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Emergence: Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science Emergence: Contemporary Readings in Philosophy and Science (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.04 — 25 ratings — published 2008
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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 5,203 ratings — published 2002
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 51,881 ratings — published 1979
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Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.81 — 521 ratings — published 2002
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Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads to Another (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 1,442 ratings — published 2003
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Foundations of Complex Systems: Emergence, Information and Prediction Foundations of Complex Systems: Emergence, Information and Prediction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as emergence)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2012
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Complexity Science: The Study of Emergence Complexity Science: The Study of Emergence (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published
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Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body Your Inner Fish: a Journey into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 28,297 ratings — published 2008
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 21,140 ratings — published 2008
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Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It Escape from Model Land: How Mathematical Models Can Lead Us Astray and What We Can Do About It (Audiobook)
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avg rating 3.66 — 292 ratings — published 2022
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Halo-Halo Ecologies: The Emergent Environments behind Filipino Food (Food in Asia and the Pacific) Halo-Halo Ecologies: The Emergent Environments behind Filipino Food (Food in Asia and the Pacific)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness (Mit Press) The Evolution of the Sensitive Soul: Learning and the Origins of Consciousness (Mit Press)
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avg rating 4.32 — 31 ratings — published 2019
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Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 11,710 ratings — published 2022
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Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.96 — 220 ratings — published 2010
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Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 13 ratings — published 2002
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Ishmael (Ishmael, #1) Ishmael (Ishmael, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 102,997 ratings — published 1992
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.53 — 40,059 ratings — published 1984
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Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1) Parable of the Sower (Earthseed, #1)
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avg rating 4.20 — 245,633 ratings — published 1993
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 37,730 ratings — published 2024
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Liberated to the Bone: Histories. Bodies. Futures. (Emergent Strategy) Liberated to the Bone: Histories. Bodies. Futures. (Emergent Strategy)
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avg rating 4.49 — 162 ratings — published
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What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,639 ratings — published
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Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 300 ratings — published 2024
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We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition We Grow the World Together: Parenting Toward Abolition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 52 ratings — published
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The Resonance Effect: How Frequency Specific Microcurrent Is Changing Medicine The Resonance Effect: How Frequency Specific Microcurrent Is Changing Medicine (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.58 — 123 ratings — published 2017
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I Am a Strange Loop I Am a Strange Loop (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.95 — 8,509 ratings — published 2007
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The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart The Big Sort: Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America is Tearing Us Apart (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.84 — 2,360 ratings — published 2008
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The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.19 — 31 ratings — published 2006
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“the self-reflexive conscious subject, which simulates itself and models a virtual world, is the emergent functionality that is the teleos of the entire brain."
Neither Mind Nor Brain. An interdisciplinary Inquiry”
CJ Roy

Roger Spitz
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