Thank you Newton, welcome Prigogine: 'Unthinking' old paradigms and embracing new directions. Part 1: Theoretical distinctions

Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 435-455

  Gunaratne, Shelton A ^a  

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Author keywords

Classical science; Dissipative structures; Eastern philosophy; Newton; Prigogine; Systems thinking

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EID: 50349101734     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/comm.2003.028     Document Type: Article

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