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Selected papers from a symposium in Budapest held June 29-July 3, 1987, are arranged in five parts: constraints in the origin of life and cellular organization, developmental constraints in evolution, genetical constraints in evolution, life history and evolution, and the shaping of the macroevoltuionary pattern. The 31 contributions are united by a common approach to the rigorous mathematical analysis and description of the processes of natural selection. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
(Vocal Score). This revised edition has been prepared from the composer's piano copy rather than the piano-conductor parts so that it can be more useful to the rehearsal pianist. It includes all the scenes and transition parts and a Sondheim bio.
This book is based on a number of systems concepts, of which the following are emphasized here: oThe interacting systems of society and the environment are dynamic and evolution ary oEvolution of these systems carries them through stages of differential stability and instability, continuity and discontinuity oAssociated with evolution and instability is structural change that is essentially irre versible oThe present is a stage of world transformation that may not have been equaled for decades or even centuries oPolicies and decisions must match the times, in the present case the stage of world transformation The time 11:59:59 PM, approximately, on December 31, 2000 has an impor tant symboli...