Suggestions for our Jan. & Feb. 2003 Book Selection need

[Jeremy1952]

Dawkins, The Extended Phenotype. Here is what Dr. Dawkins himself has to say about it:I suppose that most scientists

[Jeremy1952]

Quote:At Home in the Universe by Stuart Kauffman Holy glockenspiel, I had no idea this book existed. I received Kauffman, Origins of Order by mistake from the Science Book Club, and they told me to go ahead and keep it. I read, well, I read the words in the book, anyway; I understood about maybe 20%. That small part was so enlightening that I wrote to Dr. Kauffman to suggest that he write a popular explanation of his ideas.I don't know if At Home is that book, but I am going to get it and find out!

[Ani Osiris]

Sorry for such a tardy response here, but I just noticed it Anyhow, there has been tons of advances in complexity theory since Origins of Order came out, and lots since At Home in the Universe came out for that matter. Would love to discuss that on a sidebar if you get At Home and it's not voted up after Global Brain... or recommend some other faves on the subject.*Ani chants 'NK network' like a mantra to summon up a complexity discussion*

[Jeremy1952]

My copy arrived today, and so far I'm loving it. I suppose we could just start a "Book Talk" level thread with "At Home" as the topic, and anyone else interested could pop on in. Thanks for the thought. Deep books are so much more fun with company!

[LanDroid]

I musta missed it - when did anyone nominate and where did we agree on "Global Brain" as book 'o the month? In a chat session?

[Ani Osiris]

Cool Glad to hear you're enjoying the book.. and I'll start a thread in The Academy forum.

[Ani Osiris]

Wasn't really a vote, LanDroid, but part of a deal Chris worked out with Bloom to generate more members. He sent out email on it, and I kinda think there's a note somewhere in the forums explaining stuff.