Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos - Softcover

Lewin, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226476553 ISBN 13: 9780226476551

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2000

Synopsis

This volume examines complexity, a mix of complication and organization that is found throughout the natural and human worlds: the workings of a cell, the structure of the brain, the behaviour of the stock market and the shifts of political power.

About this title

About the Author:

Roger Lewin is a prize-winning author and wrote the acclaimed Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos; recipient of the inaugural Lewis Thomas Award for excellence in the communication of life sciences; and the 1992 Award for contribution to issues in conservation by the Society of Conservation Biology. Between 1990 and 1993, he was a visiting professor in biology at Wayne State University, and an associate of the Peabody Museum, Harvard University from 1993 to 1998. He speaks frequently around the world at conferences on complexity science and business.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0226476553
• ISBN 13: 9780226476551
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 242