Frontiers of complexity :
Coveney, Peter
Frontiers of complexity : the search for order in a chaotic world / Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield ; foreword by Baruch Blumberg. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Fawcett Columbine, 1995. - xviii, 462 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-444) and index.
In this groundbreaking new book, Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield, the scientist coauthors of the highly praised The Arrow of Time, explore how complexity in mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, and even the social sciences is transforming not only the way we think about the universe, but also the very assumptions that underlie conventional science.
0449908321
95030353
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Reductionism.
Q172.5.C45 / C68 1995
501/.1
Frontiers of complexity : the search for order in a chaotic world / Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield ; foreword by Baruch Blumberg. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Fawcett Columbine, 1995. - xviii, 462 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-444) and index.
In this groundbreaking new book, Peter Coveney and Roger Highfield, the scientist coauthors of the highly praised The Arrow of Time, explore how complexity in mathematics, physics, biology, chemistry, and even the social sciences is transforming not only the way we think about the universe, but also the very assumptions that underlie conventional science.
0449908321
95030353
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Complexity (Philosophy)
Reductionism.
Q172.5.C45 / C68 1995
501/.1