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Alexander, Christopher, 1936-

The Nature Of Order : An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe Vol. I The phenomenon of life Christopher W.J. Alexander. - Berkeley, Calif. : Center for Environmental Structure, c2002. - x, 476 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm. - The Center for Environmental Structure series ; v. 9 . - The nature of order ; bk. 1 . - Alexander, Christopher. Nature of order ; bk. 1. .

Contents:
Part One;
1. The Phenomenon of Life;
2. Degrees of Life;
3.Wholeness and the Theory of Centers;
4. How Life comes from Wholeness;
5. Fifteen Fundamental Properties;
6. The Fifteen Properties in Nature;
Part Two;
7. The Personal Nature of Order;
8. The Mirror of the Self;
9. Beyond Descartes: A New Form of Scientific Observation;
10. The Impact of Living Structure on Human Life;
11. The Awakening of Space Appendices: Mathematical Aspects of Wholeness and Living Structure

ISBN: 0972652906 (set) 0972652914 (bk. 1)

LCCN: 2002154265

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Architecture--Composition, proportion, etc.
Geometry in architecture.
Architecture--Philosophy.
Life.
Order (Philosophy)

LC Class. No.: NA2760 / .A445 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 720.1 ALE-I