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

M. Mitchell Waldrop

ISBN 10: 0671767895 / ISBN 13: 9780671767891

Published by Simon & Schuster, 1992

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0671767895I4N00

Synopsis:

A look at the rebellious thinkers who are challenging old ideas with their insights into the ways countless elements of complex systems interact to produce spontaneous order out of confusion

Review: Heinz Pagels

physicist

"The Washington Post"

If you liked "Chaos," you'll love "Complexity." Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year.

Douglas R. Hofstadter

author of "Go tel, Esther, Bach"

One comes away from "Complexity" both intellectually excited by ideas and emotionally involved with the people struggling to formulate them. This is a deep tale of science in the making.

"The New York Times Book Review"

Lucidly shows physicists, biologists, computer scientists and economists swapping metaphors and reveling in the sense that epochal discoveries are just around the corner....[Waldrop] has a special talent for relaying the exhilaration of moments of intellectual insight.

"The Washington Post"

If you liked "Chaos, " you'll love "Complexity." Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year.

Heinz Pagels

physicist

I am convinced that the nations and people who master the new sciences of complexity will become the economic, cultural, and political superpowers of the next century.

Douglas R. Hofstadter

author of "Gotel, Esther, Bach"

One comes away from "Complexity" both intellectually excited by ideas and emotionally involved with the people struggling to formulate them. This is a deep tale of science in the making.

"The Washington Post"If you liked "Chaos," you'll love "Complexity." Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual adventure story of the year.

Heinz PagelsphysicistI am convinced that the nations and people who master the new sciences of complexity will become the economic, cultural, and political superpowers of the next century.

Douglas R. Hofstadterauthor of "Gotel, Esther, Bach"One comes away from "Complexity" both intellectually excited by ideas and emotionally involved with the people struggling to formulate them. This is a deep tale of science in the making.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge...
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket