The Pursuit of Complexity

What use is biodiversity, and does it matter if species die out?

These controversial questions arouse considerable debate.

Most people believe they represent a moral dilemma, but

The Pursuit of Complexity shows that it is possible to explore

them in a scientific way.

Author Gerard Jagers op Akkerhuis takes us back to the underlying

fundamental questions: What actually is usefulness, or utility?

What is evolution? What is life? What is biodiversity? And how

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