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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:608180 L3 - citeulike-article-id:608180 N2 - {in this broad and highly readable inquiry, Robert Wesson proposes an approach to evolution that is more in harmony with modern science than Darwinism or neoDarwinism. He emphasizes the importance for evolution of inner direction and the self-organizing capacities of life, a view that is better able to account for the chaotic nature of the evolutionary process and the inherent propensity of complex dynamic systems to grow more complex with time. Many examples of plants and animals support this idea, and Wesson includes both carefully documented scientific facts and intriguing anecdotes about the odd aberrations in natural selection.<br /> <br /> Books by Robert Wesson include <I>Cosmos and Metacosmos.</I>} SN - 0262731029 TI - Beyond Natural Selection (Bradford Books) PB - {The MIT Press} KW - evolution KW - self-organizing-systems AU - Wesson, Robert PY - 1993/01/29/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0262731029 ER -