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Journal of economic behavior journal of economic behavior and organization k utganization elsevier vol. Kauffman here argues that selforganization plays an important role in. This science boldly promises to transform the biological and social sciences in the forthcoming century. Evolutionists had better take kauffman s arguments seriously. A search query can be a title of the book, a name of the author, isbn or anything else. Stuart kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of darwinian evolution.
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