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Yuri Tarnopolsky
INTRODUCTIONTOPATTERN CHEMISTRY
2009
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CONTENTS
My story
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PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS
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Foreword
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Section 1. CHEMISTRY ON HUMAN SCALE
10 Note on terminology 101.1. SCIENCE, META-SCIENCE, AND HUMAN SCALE 101.2. WHAT IS CHEMISTRY 121.3. WHY DO WE NEED META-SCIENCE? 161.4. EVOLVING COMPLEX SYSTEMS 171.5. THE CHEMISTRY OF TIME 201.6. CHEMISTRY AND ECONOMY 251.7. ENERGY, STABILITY, AND STRESS 27
1.8. IS THERMODYNAMICS A THEORY? 301.9. THE CHEMISTRY OF SIZE 321.10. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE FUTURE 33
Section 2. PATTERN CHEMISTRY
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2.1. CONFIGURATIONS AND PATTERNS 352.2. IRREGULARITY 412.3. STATES AND EVENTS 422.4. THE NEW AND THE DIFFERENT 472.5. THE ARCHEOLOGY OF STRUCTURE 492.6. PATTERN CHEMISTRY CREDO 562.7. THE STRUCTURE OF STRUCTURE 582.8. LINEARIZATION 622.9. WHY COMPLEXITY GROWS 642.10. CHEMICAL BONDS 692.11. MATTER, MIND, AND MACHINE: A DIGRESSION 73
INTRODUCTION TO PATTERN CHEMISTRY Parts 1-3
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« prev | next »- MY STORY
- PART ONE: FUNDAMENTALS
- FOREWORD
- Section 1. CHEMISTRY ON HUMAN SCALE
- NOTE ON TERMINOLOGY
- 1.1. SCIENCE, META-SCIENCE, AND HUMAN SCALE
- 1.2. WHAT IS CHEMISTRY
- 1.3. WHY DO WE NEED META-SCIENCE?
- 1.4. EVOLVING COMPLEX SYSTEMS
- 1.5. THE CHEMISTRY OF TIME
- 1.8. IS THERMODYNAMICS A THEORY?
- 1.9. THE CHEMISTRY OF SIZE
- 1.10. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE FUTURE
- SECTION 2. PATTERN CHEMISTRY
- 2.1. CONFIGURATIONS AND PATTERNS
- 2.2. IRREGULARITY
- 2.3. STATES AND EVENTS
- 2.4. THE NEW AND THE DIFFERENT
- 2.5. THE ARCHEOLOGY OF STRUCTURE
- 2.6. PATTERN CHEMISTRY CREDO
- 2.7. THE STRUCTURE OF STRUCTURE
- 2.8. LINEARIZATION
- 2.9. WHY COMPLEXITY GROWS
- 2.10. CHEMICAL BONDS
- 2.11. MATTER, MIND, AND MACHINE: A DIGRESSION
- Section 3. EXAMPLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS
- 3.2. READING ERIC BEINHOCKER: WHAT IS WEALTH?
- 3.3. IS INEQUALITY NATURAL?
- 3.4. BONDS OF ELECTRONS AND BONDS OF INK
- 3.5. EVOLUTION AS HIGH WIRE ACT
- 3.6. METABOLIC COST
- 3.8. EVOLUTION: UNSTABLE AT ANY SPEED
- 3.9. THE TALMUD AND THE TAX CODE
- 3.10. CAVEAT EMPTOR: BUYING THE FLAT WORLD
- 3.11. HATS AND ROOFS, LIZARDS AND DINOSAURS
- 3.12. CIVILIZATIONS IN HOT SEAT
- 3.13. THE CHEMISTRY OF FREEDOM
- 3.17. THE CHEMISTRY OF LANGUAGE
- 4.1. WHAT IS? READING FRANCIS HEYLIGHEN
- 4.2. CHEMISTRY IN THE WORLD VIEW
- 4.3. HUMANS AND THINGS
- 4.4. HUMANS AND HUMANS
- 5. CONCLUSION: PERSONAL NOTES
- PART TWO: OBSERVATIONS
- PREFACE TO PART 3
- 1. FROM CHEMISTRY TO EVERYTHING
- 2. FROM EVERYTHING TO ECONOMY
- 3. FROM ENERGY TO INSTABILITY
- 6. FROM INSTABILITY TO EVENT
- 7. FROM EVENT TO CONSEQUENCES
- 8. FROM CONSEQUENCES TO ADAPTATION
- 9. FROM COMPLEXITY TO SIMPLICITY
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