Emergence: From chaos to order - Hardcover

Holland, John H

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0201149435 ISBN 13: 9780201149432

Publisher: Perseus Books, 1998

Synopsis

In this important book, John H. Holland dramatically shows us that the "emergence" of order from disorder has much to teach us about life, mind and organizations. Creative activities in both the arts and the sciences depend upon an ability to model the world. The most creative of those models exhibits emergent properties, so that "what comes out is more than what goes in." From the ingenious checkers-playing computer that started beating its creator in game after game, to the emotive creations of the poet, Emergence shows that Holland's theory successfully predicts many complex behaviors in art and science.

About this title

About the Author:

John H. Holland is Professor of Psychology and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is a MacArthur Fellow, a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, and is known world-wide as the 'father of genetic algorithms'. He is the author of the ground-breaking book Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity (Helix Books/Addison-Wesley).

About this edition

• Publisher: Perseus Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0201149435
• ISBN 13: 9780201149432
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272