University Of Chicago Press, Date: 2000-02-15. Paperback. Good. 2000. University Of Chicago Press ISBN 0226476553 9780226476551 [US]

Univ of Chicago Pr, Date: 2000. Paperback. New. 2nd edition. 234 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches. 2000. Univ of Chicago Pr ISBN 0226476553 9780226476551 [GB]

Paperback / softback. New. 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. ISBN 0226476553 9780226476551 [GB]

ISBN10: 0226476553, ISBN13: 9780226476551, [publisher: University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL] Softcover Paperback. "Put together one of the world's best science writers with one of the universe's most fascinating subjects and you are bound to produce a wonderful book. . . . The subject of complexity is vital and controversial. This book is important and beautifully done."—Stephen Jay Gould " Complexity] is that curious mix of complication and organization that we find throughout the natural and human worlds: the workings of a cell, the structure of the brain, the behavior of the stock market, the shifts of political power. . . . It is time science . . . thinks about meaning as well as counting information. . . . This is the core of the complexity manifesto. Read it, think about it . . . but don't ignore it."—Ian Stewart, "Nature" This second edition has been brought up to date with an essay entitled "On the Edge in the Business World" and an interview with John Holland, author of "Emergence: From Chaos to Order." "Put together one of the world's best science writers with one of the universe's most fascinating subjects and you are bound to produce a wonderful book. . . . The subject of complexity is vital and controversial. This book is important and beautifully done."—Stephen Jay ...
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