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[SOURCE:bak-1987|type:empirical]\n- [Kauffman 1993 — The Origins of Order](/a/kauffman-1993): Boolean network attractors as cell types. [SOURCE:kauffman-1993|type:theoretical]\n- [Prigogine 1977 — Dissipative Structures](/a/prigogine-1977): Far-from-equilibrium attractors that export entropy to persist. [SOURCE:prigogine-1977|type:empirical]\n- [England 2013 — Statistical Physics of Self-Replication](/a/england-2013): Dissipation drives systems toward attractor states. [SOURCE:england-2013|type:empirical]\n- [Mandelbrot 1967 — How Long Is the Coast of Britain?](/a/mandelbrot-1967): Strange attractors are fractals. Their dimension is the fingerprint. [SOURCE:mandelbrot-1967|type:mathematical]\n- [Wilson 1971 — Renormalization Group](/a/wilson-1971): Fixed points in parameter space are attractors. Universality is basin convergence. [SOURCE:wilson-1971|type:mathematical]\n- [Wiener 1948 — Cybernetics](/a/wiener-1948): Feedback loops are dynamical attractors. Homeostasis is basin-hugging. 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