You could not have evolved a complex system like a city or … - Geoffrey West

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You could not have evolved a complex system like a city or an organism - with an enormous number of components - without the emergence of laws that constrain their behavior in order for them to be resilient.

Geoffrey West

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About Geoffrey West

(born 15 December 1940) is a British theoretical physicist, former president and distinguished professor of the Santa Fe Institute

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Native Name: Geoffrey Brian West

Alternative Names: Geoffrey B. West • Geoffrey B West • G. B. West • G.B. West • G B West • GB West

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