[danyala]

I can't recommend books but here are a couple of other good phrases to search with, or just to discuss with one of the sparkier LLMs, which tend to find this topic quite interesting:

1. cross-scale interaction

2. downward causation

Would be happy to learn of other terms too.

[rramadass]

I generally find Wikipedia a very good starting point to get an overview and a gateway to further research/study; their "See Also" sections list plenty of terms/phrases to look up;

1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_system#See_also

2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-organization#See_also

3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergence#See_also