Complexity The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos

Name: Complexity The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
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ISBN: 9780671872342

ISBN-10: 0671872346

ISBN-13: 9780671872342

Edition: 1993

Authors: Mitchell M. Waldrop

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Why did the stock market crash more than 500 points on a single Monday in 1987? Why do ancient species often remain stable in the fossil record for millions of years and then suddenly disappear? In a world where nice guys often finish last, why do humans value trust and cooperation? At first glance these questions don't appear to have anything in common, but in fact every one of these statements refers to a complex system. The science of complexity studies how single elements, such as a species or a stock, spontaneously organize into complicated structures like ecosystems and economies; stars become galaxies, and snowflakes avalanches almost as if these systems were obeying a hidden…

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List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 9/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.44" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

M. Mitchell Waldrop has his doctorate in elementary particle physics and is the author of Man-Made Minds. He spent ten years as a senior writer for Science magazine, where he is now a contributing correspondent.



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