The Collapse of Chaos
Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World
Published on 2. March 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-14-029125-4 (ISBN)
Description
Do we live in a simple or a complex universe? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart explore the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour in nature through 'the collapse of chaos'. 'The most startling, thought-provoking book I've read all year. I was pleased to learn that most of the things I thought I knew were wrong' -- Terry Pratchett
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 181 mm
Width: 111 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-14-029125-4 (9780140291254)
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E-Book
03/2000
1st Edition
Penguin Books Ltd
€9.49
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Persons
Jack Cohen is an internationally known reproductive biologist. Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick.
Content
Simplicity and complexity; the laws of nature; the organization of development; the possibilities of evolution; the origins of human understanding; systems of interactive behaviour; complexity and simplicity; the nature of laws; the development of organizations; the evolution of possibilities; the understanding of human origins; the behaviour of interactive systems; complicity and simplexity.