A book on Self-Organization

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      To all interested in the concept of Selforganization
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   The subject matter of selforganization has drawn a lot of attention
from physicists, chemists, and theoretical biologists before
becoming so popular with the Neural Network researches.
 
   Anybody interested in the field with few hours to spare may find the
basics and typical examples of self-organization of complex systems
in an elementary book which I wrote few years ago.  The title is:
 
               "Molecules, Dynamics and Life:
      An introduction to self-organization of matter",
 
                   Wiley, New York, 1986.
 
                       A. Babloyantz
                   University of Brussels
 
 
 
 
" Dr. Babloyantz has produced an engaging and earnest introduction to the
field of self-organization in chemical and biological systems.
 
Dr. Babloyantz proves herself to be a pleasant, practical and reliable
guide to new territory which is still largely uncharted and inhospitable
to tourists.  Her style falls halfway between that found in a popular
account and that of a txtbook.  She tells her story in a chatty,
down-to-earth way, while also giving serious scientific consideration
to fundamental issues of the self-organization of matter."
(Nature)
 
 
 
" The issue of self-organization has at the center of a larger theoretical
revolution in physics - the belief that the fundamental laws of nature are
irreversible and random, rather than determinstic and reversible.  The
concepts and processes underlying this new way of thinking are formidable.
 
Molecules, Dynamics and Life makes these concepts and processes accessible,
for the first time, to students and researchers in physics, chemistry,
biology, and the social sciences."
(Physics Briefs)
 
 
 
" In Molecules, Dynamics and Life, Dr. Agnes Babloyantz develops a clear
and easy to read presentation of this developing field of knowledge.
 
Because only a few advanced research treatises are available so far, this
book is especially welcomed.  It offers an excellent introduction to an
interdisciplinary domain, involving physics and biology, chemistry and
mathematics.  Obviously, putting together all these topics and making
them readable to a large audience was really a challenge."
(Biosystem's)
 
 
 
" With this fine book Agnessa Babloyantz has provided a successful and
welcome summary of what has been accomplished so far in the study of
self-organization of matter according to the Prigogine school in Brussels.
 
Dr. Babloyantz's book can be highly recommended to all those interested
in self-organization in the fields of chemistry and biochemistry."
(Bull. Math. Biology)