Simply complexity : a clear guide to complexity theory
Johnson, Neil F., 1961-2009
Book
Johnson uses real-life examples as he leads us on a fascinating and entertaining romp through cutting-edge topics like chaos, game theory, economics, and even jazz and quantum physics. He shows the surprising ways in which order eventually emerges from the interaction of all things.
Main title:
Simply complexity : a clear guide to complexity theory / Neil F. Johnson.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Oneworld, 2009, c2007.London : Oneworld, 2009.©2007.
Collation:
xiii, 236 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published as Two's company, three is complexity in 2007.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What exactly is complexity science? Two's company, three is complexity ; Disorder rules, OK? ; Chaos and all that jazz ; Mob mentality ; Getting connected -- What can complexity science do for me? Forecasting financial markets ; Tackling traffic networks and climbing the corporate ladder ; Looking for Mr./Mrs. Right ; Coping with conflict : next-generation wars and global terrorism -- Catching a cold, avoiding super-flu and curing cancer ; The mother of all complexities : our nanoscale quantum world ; To infinity and beyond.
ISBN:
9781851686308
Dewey class:
501
Language:
English
Added title:
BRN:
156618
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| Library at the Dock | -Science and Nature | SCIENCE 501 JOHN | Available |