The Nature of Order

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A review of the first two volumes of Christopher Alexander's The Nature
of Order appeared in the Sunday NY Times Book section.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/books/review/27MILLERT.html

The first volume (The Phenomenon of Life) was released in June, the next
(The Process of Creating Life) is scheduled for August.

"This theory, very crudely summarized, would be based on the
understanding that order is inherent in space and systems and that they
are more or less ''alive'' based on the quality of the order they manifest."

And that people are quite capable of consistently recognizing this
''aliveness'' when asked to choose between paired examples.

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Thanks Roger. Stu Kauffman
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> A review of the first two volumes of Christopher Alexander's The Nature
> of Order appeared in the Sunday NY Times Book section.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/27/books/review/27MILLERT.html
>
> The first volume (The Phenomenon of Life) was released in June, the next
> (The Process of Creating Life) is scheduled for August.
>
> "This theory, very crudely summarized, would be based on the
> understanding that order is inherent in space and systems and that they
> are more or less ''alive'' based on the quality of the order they

manifest."

>
> And that people are quite capable of consistently recognizing this
> ''aliveness'' when asked to choose between paired examples.
>
> -- rec --
>
>
>
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