The circle that never ends: Can complexity be made simple?

Complexity in Chemistry, Biology, and Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 97-153

  Mikulecky, Donald C ^a  

^a Center for the Study of Biological Complexity   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/0-387-25871-X_3     Document Type: Chapter

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