The Collapse of Chaos

Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World

Ian Stewart, Jack Cohen (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

512 Seiten

2000
Penguin Books Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-14-029125-4 (ISBN)

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Do we live in a simple or a complex universe? This work explores the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour in nature through 'the collapse of chaos.

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

Jack Cohen is an internationally known reproductive biologist. Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	2.3.2000
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	111 x 181 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Mathematische Spiele und Unterhaltung
ISBN-10	0-14-029125-3 / 0140291253
ISBN-13	978-0-14-029125-4 / 9780140291254
Zustand	Neuware