About Eric Chaisson:
Eric J. Chaisson is an American astrophysicist best known for his research, teaching, and writing on the interdisciplinary science of cosmic evolution, a large public-domain web site for which can be accessed here [1]. (Closely related subjects include epic of evolution, big history, and astrobiology). He is also noted for his telescopic observations of interstellar clouds and emission nebulae of the Milky Way Galaxy, his empirical attempt to unify complexity science utilizing the technical concept of energy rate density, and his global leadership in improving science education nationally and internationally. He conducts research at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and teaches natural science at Harvard University.
... Nature almost surely operates by combining chance with necessity, randomness with determinism...
Eric Chaisson