The Nature of Order: A list of twelve chapters with the numbered sections included in each chapter

01/01/1981

Book Early Version, Partial Manuscript

23-page document listing the twelve basic concepts referring to order and its nature, with each concept including a list of subjects to be further discussed and followed by a general list with 186 subjects in sequence and in reference to the major concepts of the theory.

Content of

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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book One - The Phenomenon of Life 01/01/2002

Original Book

“The Phenomenon of Life”, the first volume of “The Nature of Order” series proposes a scientific view of the world in which all space-matter has perceptible degrees of life and sets this understanding of order as an intellectual basis for ...
The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Two - The Process of Creating Life 01/01/2002

Original Book

“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...
The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Four - The Luminous Ground 01/01/2004

Original Book

“The Luminous Ground” is the fourth and last volume of “The Nature of Order” series. In this volume, Alexander attempts to show the cosmological underpinning of the nature of order. The book has two goals. First, to show that the ...
The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Three - A Vision of a Living World 01/01/2005

Original Book

“A Vision of a Living World”, the third volume of “The Nature of Order” series, presents, for the first time, a full spectrum of Alexander’s and CES built and unbuilt works. The book describes hundreds of buildings, plans, neighborhoods, drawings, ...

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References

Manuscripts 1 Items

The Nature of Order and the Nature of the Universe - An Essay on the Art of Building: Chapters 1-13 with content summaries 01/03/1983

Publication, Book Early Version, Summary of Book

Various drafts summarizing the contents of each of the thirteen chapters of “The Nature of Order”, 63 pages in total. Contents: 1. Architecture and Cosmology; 2. The Phenomenon of Wholeness; 3. The Mirror of the Soul; 4. Fifteen Types of ...