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050 0 0 _aQ172.5.C45
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100 1 _aCoveney, Peter
_q(Peter V.)
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245 1 0 _aFrontiers of complexity :
_bthe search for order in a chaotic world /
_cPeter Coveney and Roger Highfield ; foreword by Baruch Blumberg.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bFawcett Columbine,
_c1995.
300 _axviii, 462 p., [8] p. of plates :
_bill. (some col.) ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [435]-444) and index.
520 _aIn 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.
650 0 _aChaotic behavior in systems.
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650 0 _aComplexity (Philosophy)
_918366
650 0 _aReductionism.
_911376
700 1 _aHighfield, Roger.
_918367
900 _bTOC
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