Emergence and reductionism: From the game of life to science of life

Self-Organization and Emergence in Life Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 29-40

  Bauchau, Vincent ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3917-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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