Ein paar Beispiele, die zwar nicht "man" o.ä. haben, aber dennoch nicht im Sinne von selbstgemacht sind:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/selfmadet..."In this five-part series, Jonathan Miller returns to his roots in medicine and tells the story of how we came to understand reproduction & heredity. Disposing with the idea of an external, perhaps even supernatural, vitalising force, he describes how we have arrived at the
picture of ourselves and all organisms as Self-Made Things."
http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject..."The Self-Made Tapestry
Pattern Formation in Nature
For centuries, scientists have struggled to understand the origins of the patterns and forms found in nature. Now, in this lucid and accessibly written book, Philip Ball applies state-of-the-art scientific understanding from the fields of biology, chemistry, geology, physics, and mathematics to these ancient mysteries, revealing how nature's seemingly complex patterns originate in simple physical laws."