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Weinstock, Michael.

The architecture of emergence : the evolution of form in nature and civilisation / Michael Weinstock. - Chichester, England : Wiley, 2010. - 280 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-273) and index.

Nature and civilisation -- Climate and the forms of the atmosphere -- Surface and the forms of the land -- Living forms -- The forms of metabolism -- Humans - anatomical and cultural forms -- City forms -- The forms of information, energy and ecology -- Emergence.

ISBN: 9780470066324 (hbk.) 0470066326 (hbk.) 9780470066331 (pbk.) 0470066334 (pbk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emergence (Philosophy)
Architecture--Philosophy.
Philosophie
Kultur
Umwelt

LC Class. No.: Q175.32.E44

Dewey Class. No.: 720.1 / W424