Complexity, the core of Elsasser's theory of organisms

Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-20

  Rubin, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 80051471019     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.10013     Document Type: Review

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