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Dear friends,

I only learned it today that Francisco Varela passed away May 28, 2001 in
Paris aged only 54 suffering from a Hepatitis C infection. His early death
deeply worries and saddens me. Francisco was one of the most outstanding and
prominent scholars in the field of 2nd order cybernetics. His work on
autopoiesis/autonomy and cognition jointly developed with his early
mentor/biologist Humberto Maturana will stand out as one of the major
scientific contributions of the late 20th century I am sure.

For further information see:

Franciscos home page:

http://web.ccr.jussieu.fr/varela/

also...

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/varela.html

and..

http://www.inteco.cl/notas/010527.htm


Jochen Scholl
From: Jochen Scholl <JScholl@ctg.albany.edu>



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