Go BackThe Nature of Order: Iterations of Chapter 4, alternatively called “Centers and the Field of Centers”, “The Field of Centers”, “Life as Degree of Wholeness – Centers and the Field of Centers”
01/01/1987Approximately 600 pages comprising a collection of thirteen versions, some partial and some more complete, discussing the concept of “The Field of Centers”. Three of the drafts are complete, apparently written in different times, as they are numbered as Chapter 4, Chapter 6, and Chapter 8. Text has page numbers, section headings, text indicating placement of images and handwritten notes. There is a section at the end named “Centers and Field of Centers”. Includes some sketches of columns showing levels of wholeness.
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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
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“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 ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Two - The Process of Creating Life
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“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 ...
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The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe.
Book Four - The Luminous Ground
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“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 ...
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The Nature of Order: Iterations of Chapter 4, alternatively called "Centers and the Field of Centers", "The Field of Centers", "Life as Degree of Wholeness - Centers and the Field of Centers"
01/01/1987
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The Nature of Order: Iterations of Chapter 4, alternatively called "Centers and the Field of Centers", "The Field of Centers", "Life as Degree of Wholeness - Centers and the Field of Centers"
01/01/1987
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The Nature of Order: Iterations of Chapter 4, alternatively called "Centers and the Field of Centers", "The Field of Centers", "Life as Degree of Wholeness - Centers and the Field of Centers"
01/01/1987
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