The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World (Penguin Science)

by Ian Stewart (Author), Jack Cohen (Author)

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  Paperback
  2000

  $11.94

  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

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  Paperback
  1995

  $4.38

  Moving on from his books on chaos ( Does God Play Dice? ) and symmetry ( Fearful Symmetry ), the author of this book deals with the wider field of complexity theory. The book tackles the question of how complexity arises in nature, of how life overcomes chaos and entropy to create developing order. Co-written with biologist Jack Cohen, the book will range across the central areas of modern science, from quantum mechanics and cosmology to evolution and intelligence, looking at the central questions of order, chaos, reductionism and complexity.

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  Hardcover
  1994

  $4.23

  This sequel to Ian Stewart's books on chaos ( Does God Play Dice? ) and symmetry ( Fearful Symmetry ), explores the wider field of complexity theory, tackling the questions of how complexity arises in nature, and how life overcomes chaos and entropy to create developing order. Co-written with biologist Jack Cohen, this layman's guide ranges across the central areas of modern science, from quantum mechanics and cosmology to evolution and intelligence. The reader is encouraged to look at the world in a new way.