The Nature of Order: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe; early version manuscript, organized in five parts with Preface and Epilogue

01/01/1990
Book Early Version, Complete Manuscript

A 924-page working-manuscript, with double-sided printing, and double column page layout; organized in five parts with the following Table of Contents:
Preface: The Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe
Part One – The Nature of Order: 1. What is Order; 2. The Wholeness which Exists in Things; 3. How Life Comes About; 4. The Idea of ‘Life’; 5. Fifteen Fundamental Properties; 6. The Awakening of Space; 7. Wholeness as an Essential Part of Nature
Part Two – The Ground: 8. Feeling and Order; 9. The Mirror of the Self; 10. A Thousand Mirrors of the Self; 11. Color and Inner Light; 12. Actual Making
Part Three – The Necessity of Process: 13. The Necessity of Process; 14. First Example of a Building Process; 15. Choosing the Right Centers; 16. The General Process of Creating Centers; 17. Actual Making
Part Four – Unifying Space: 18. The Deep Feeling which Must Guide the Process; 19. The Sequence of Unfolding; 20. Always Making Larger Wholes; 21. Wholeness Preserving Transformations; 22. Emergence of a Being; 23. Simplicity and Symmetry; 24. The Face of God
Book Five – Cosmology: 25. The Nature of the Universe
Epilogue – The Art of Building (not included in the text)
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Authors:
Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.
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