xiv, 347 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Note
Translation of Das Spiel.
Includes index.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Origin of Play -- Games People Play -- Microcosm--Macrocosm -- Statistical Bead Games -- Darwin and Molecules -- Structure, Pattern, Shape -- Symmetry -- Metamorphoses of Order -- The Parable of the Physicists -- Of Self-Reproducing Automata and Thinking Machines -- "From One Make Ten..." -- Limited Space and Resources -- From Ecosystem to Industrial Society -- Popper's Three Worlds -- From Symbol to Language -- Memory and Complex Reality -- The Art of Asking the Right Question -- Playing with Beauty
