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Deep down, we all know that living things are profoundly weird. Santa Fe Institute scientists Ricard Solé and Brian Goodwin show us the truth in Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology. Chaos theory and the life sciences are a natural combination, but it's still a wonder how fresh and intuitive the material is in their able hands. Copiously illustrated with drawings, tables, and photographs enriching the text, the book will appeal to all sophisticated readers with an interest in the larger themes of biology--major players such as evolution, development, and inheritance. The authors have carefully segregated the toughest math in sidebars, but the main body of text is still not for the faint-hearted. Chaos and complexity is innately math-heavy, and hard-core mathphobes will have to make do with skimming; still, even the innumerate will find the prose charming and engaging:

The idea that a random event can change history has been a great source of inspiration for both scientists and writers alike. We live in a universe with strong laws and much contingency. In our search for the laws of complexity we often find islands of randomness in an ocean of regularity, like the island of trickery, home of games and gambling, found by the travelers in Gargantua and Pantagruel.

With writing like this interleaved between the tables and formulas, the reader finds it easier to stay on track, and the rewards of improved understanding are exquisite. Solé and Goodwin nimbly present a necessarily complex subject to a wide audience; Signs of Life ought to become a classic among the scientifically literate. --Rob Lightner.
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Title: Air of mystery pervades UO spring camp.(Sports)(Oregon has plenty of returning players this season, but who'll start and where are still unknown at many positions)
Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: April 3, 2004
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: D1

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One-fourth of all inmates in state prisons are gang members The California prison system, the nation's largest state prison system, had 41,000 gang members as of 2004. The Mexican Mafia, also known as LA EME, is one of the more violent and ruthless of these gangs. Here, Reid details how LA EME emphasizes ethnicity and brutality.

This digital document is an article from Sheriff, most recently published by ProQuest Information and Learning on April 30, 2006. The length of the article is 1156 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Gangs Pervade Jail Population
Author: Ronald B Reid
Publication:Sheriff (Feature)
Date: April 30, 2006
Publisher: ProQuest Information and Learning
Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Page: 44-45

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on November 14, 1994. The length of the article is 852 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: A Texas survey of assigned risk and county mutual carrier insurance plans shows almost no insurance agent placements in zip codes with high minority populations. In Dallas County six zip codes covering mostly minority residents are served by only one agent able to offer standard coverage. Birny Birnbaum of the state insurance department says there is no excuse for underrepresentation of minorities, even if actuarially justified.

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Title: Texas finds 'astounding' race/availability link. (racism pervades state's automobile insurance industry)
Author: L.H. Otis
Publication:National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 14, 1994
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n46 Page: p3(1)

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This digital document is an article from New Internationalist, published by Thomson Gale on November 1, 2006. The length of the article is 1424 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sweating over sweatshops: supporting 'clean clothes' campaigns to end the extreme exploitation that pervades the textile industry is not as simple as just picking the 'right' brand to buy, reveals Mark Engler.(SWEATSHOPS)
Author: Mark Engler
Publication:New Internationalist (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 395 Page: 14(2)

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This digital document is an article from National Defense, published by National Defense Industrial Association on June 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1284 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Iraq lessons pervade Army war games.(UP FRONT)
Author: Sandra I. Erwin
Publication:National Defense (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 2005
Publisher: National Defense Industrial Association
Volume: 89 Issue: 619 Page: 12(2)

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