Tempos in Science and Nature Structures, Relations, and Complexity Book

	Preface	ix
Part I.	Epistemological Concepts of Complexity
	Fundamental Sources of Unpredictability	1
	Laws of Nature and Time Symmetry Breaking	8
	Perspective and Metrics of Time	29
	Complexity, Complex Systems, and Adaptation	45
	Complexity and the Unfinished Nature of Human Evolution	63
	Complexity VII Composing Natural Science from Natural Numbers, Natural Kinds, and Natural Affinities	75
	The Paradox of the Visibly Irrelevant	87
	The Interplay of Cyclic and Linear Time in the Biological World	98
	The Human Sciences and the Natural Sciences: Toward a New Asymmetry	110
	Organization and Complexity	115
	Complex Adaptive Theology: From Sinai to Santa Fe	122
	Complexity and Evolutionary Law for Natural Systems: A "New Dialogue" with Nature--In Looking for a Language as a Means of Intercourse with Nature	129
	A Dimly Perceived Horizon: The Complex Meeting Ground between Physical and Inner Time	143
	Poster Papers
	Analytical Setting: Time, Relation, and Complexity	154
	The Consciousness of Time and the Conquest of Space: The Dawn of Civilization, Anthropology, and Archaeoastronomy	158
	Time Complexity and Learning	164
	Einstein's Twins	168
	Fractal Time and the Gift of Natural Constraints	172
Part II.	Complex Molecular and Biological Behavior
	Alternating Oscillations and Chaos in a Model of Two Coupled Biochemical Oscillators Driving Successive Phases of the Cell Cycle	180
	Self Organization in Synthetic Polymeric Systems	194
	Poster Papers
	Relevance of the Protein-Lipid Interaction on the Functioning of the Bacterial Reaction Center	215
	Time-Dependent Properties of Isotactic Polyproplene Fibers	220
	Suspended Life in Biological Systems: Fragility and Complexity	224
	Coupling of Erratic Belousov-Zhabotinsky Oscillators Observed by Spectrophotometric Measure	228
	Complexity at the Molecular Level: A Dynamic View of Biomolecules Obtained by NMR	235
	Thermodynamics of Extremely Diluted Aqueous Solutions	241
	Linear and Nonlinear Properties of Heart Rate Variability: Influence of Obesity	249
	Fractal Analysis in Human Pathology	255
	Recurrence Quantification Analysis in Molecular Dynamics	258
	Photodegradation of Organic Waste Coupling Hydrogenase and Titanium Dioxide	267
	Complex Rotational Dynamics of the Cu(II)-Bleomycin System in Mobile and Viscous Media	276
	On Crystallization Kinetics of Polytetrafluoroethylene	280
	Conformational Chaos of an Elastin-Related Peptide in Aqueous Solution	284
	Vanadium Uptake by Yeasts	288
Part III.	Complexity: Ecological and Environmental Aspects
	A Modeling Approach to the Understanding of Very Complex Dynamics in a Planktonic Community	292
	Complexity and Emergence in Models of Chemically Stressed Populations	302
	The Influence of Classic Sciences on Ecology and Evolution of Ecological Studies	312
	A Tentative Fourth Law of Thermodynamics, Applied to a Description of Ecosystem Development	320
	Energy Analyses as a Tool for Sustainability: Lessons from Complex System Theory	344
	Virtual Biospheres: Complexity versus Simplicity	368
	Poster Papers
	A Comprehensive Atmospheric Chemistry Model for the Description of Dynamics of Reactive Pollutants	383
	Modeling the Complex Behavior of Microorganisms	387
	The Effects of Vertical Mixing Parameterization on 3-D Models of a Pelagic Ecosystem	392
	Identification, Characterization, and Remediation of Contaminated Sites: A Case Study	396
	Classical Thermodynamic-Statistical Approach of Open Systems Deviating from Maximum Entropy	400
	Use of Exergy and Structural Exergy as Ecological Indicators for the Development State of Homogeneous Lake Ecosystems	406
	Determination of the Italian Industrial Production Index from a Bayesian Point of View Using Electrical Consumption as Data	412
	The Relational Project: A Goal for the Ecology of City Designing and Planning	416
	Correlation between Greenhouse Effect and Exceptionally High Tides in Venice	422
	Ecodepuration Performances of a Small-Scale Experimental Constructed Wetland System Treating and Recycling Intensive Aquaculture Wastewater	427
	Fish Exclusion and PCB Bioaccumulation in Bear Creek, East Tennessee	432
	Evolution as Computation	435
	Mathematical Modeling and Numerical Simulation of Space-Dependent Multispecies Interactions	440
	Relations between Energy Consumption and Air Quality in an Urban Environment: Spatial Scenarios of Emission Reduction	444
	Index of Contributors	449