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General Introduction.- I Examples of Evolving Physical Systems.- 1 On Origins: Galaxies, Stars, Life.- 2 On Rivers.- II Genesis and Evolution of Life.- 3 A Hardware View of Biological Organization.- 4 The Origin of Self-Replicating Molecules.- 5 Self-Organization of Macromolecules.- 6 Is a New and General Theory of Evolution Emerging?.- III Differentiation, Morphogenesis, and Death of Organisms.- 7 Virus Assembly and Its Genetic Control.- 8 Molecular Biology in Embryology: The Sea Urchin Embryo.- 9 Developing Organisms as Self-Organizing Fields.- 10 The Slime Mold Dictyosteliumas a Model of Self-Organization in Social Systems.- 11 The Orderly Decay of Order in the Regulation of Aging Processes.- IV Networks, Neural Organization, and Behavior.- 12 On a Class of Self-Organizing Communication Networks.- 13 Neural Circuits for Generating Rhythmic Movements.- 14 Ordered Retinotectal Projections and Brain Organization.- 15 A View of Brain Theory.- V Epistemology of Self-Organization.- 16 Biological Reductionism: The Problems and Some Answers.- 17 Instabilities and Information in Biological Self-Organization.- 18 Programmatic Phenomena, Hermeneutics, and Neurobiology.- VI Control Theory View of Self-Organization.- 19 Control Paradigms and Self-Organization in Living Systems.- 20 Control Theory and Self-Reproduction.- VII Physics of Self-Organization.- 21 Synergetics: An Approach to Self-Organization.- 22 Role of Relative Stability in Self-Repair and Self-Maintenance.- 23 Broken Symmetry, Emergent Properties, Dissipative Structures, Life: Are They Related?.- 24 Thermodynamics and Complex Systems.- VIII Extensions of Physical Views of Self-Organization.- 25 A Thermodynamic Approach to Self-Organizing Systems.- 26 Interfaces between Quantum Physics and Bioenergetics.- 27 A Physics for Complex Systems.- 28 A Physics for Studies of Civilization.- IX TopologicaL Representation of Self-Organization.- 29 Dynamics: A Visual Introduction.- 30 Dynamics and Self-Organization.