Remarks on autocatalysis and autopoiesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 901, Issue , 2000, Pages 163-174

  McMullin, Barry ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HISTORY; INDIVIDUALIZATION; ORGANIZATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034059445     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb06276.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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