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In many disciplines of science we deal with systems composed of many subsystems. A few examples, mainly taken from topics in this book, are listed in Fig. 1. Very often the properties of the large system can not be explained by a mear random superposition of actions of the subsystems. Quite on the contrary the subsystems behave in a well organized manner, so that the total system is in an ordered state or shows actions which one might even call purposeful. Furthermore one often observes more or less abrupt changes between disorder and order or transitions between different states of order. Thus the question arises, who are the mysterious demons who tell the subsystems in which way to behave so to create order, or, in a more scientific language, which are the principles by which order is created.
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Haken, H. (1973). Introduction to Synergetics. In: Haken, H. (eds) Synergetics. Vieweg+Teubner Verlag, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-01511-6_1
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