Vesterby (no affiliation given) asserts that the time of the generalist has not passed. He believes that modern generalists are characterized not by how much they know but by what they know, and he takes this approach in his examination of how emergence, self-organization and cause can come into existence. He explains that these fundamental processes play important roles in the origins of virtually everything, and that development plays many roles in the origins of emergence, self-organization and cause. After he introduces these concepts he focuses on space and spatial place and their initiators, the development of factors from their spatial form to their material form, the origin of emergence (from space, matter and motion), the origins of cause and the stages of initiation, and the origins of self-organization through the collision. Vesterby provides an extensive glossary and explanatory appendices for this challenging work. Annotation 2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
