TY - BOOK ID - 77941239 TI - Symmetry and complexity : the spirit and beauty of nonlinear science PY - 2005 VL - v. 51 SN - 1281372560 9786611372569 9812569405 9812561927 9789812561923 9789812569400 PB - New Jersey ; London : World Scientific, DB - UniCat KW - Symmetry. KW - Complexity (Philosophy) KW - Nonlinear systems. KW - Systems, Nonlinear KW - System theory KW - Philosophy KW - Emergence (Philosophy) KW - Aesthetics KW - Proportion UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77941239 AB - Cosmic evolution leads from symmetry to complexity by symmetry breaking and phase transitions. The emergence of new order and structure in nature and society is explained by physical, chemical, biological, social and economic self-organization, according to the laws of nonlinear dynamics. ER -