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The Resource The collapse of chaos : discovering simplicity in a complex world, Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart
The collapse of chaos : discovering simplicity in a complex world, Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart
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The item The collapse of chaos : discovering simplicity in a complex world, Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The collapse of chaos : discovering simplicity in a complex world, Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Boston University Libraries.
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- Summary
- "The Collapse of Chaos is the first post-chaos, post-complexity book, a groundbreaking inquiry into how simplicity in nature is generated from chaos and complexity. Rather than asking science's traditional question of how to break the world down into its simplest components, Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart ask something much more interesting: why does simplicity exist at all? Their story combines chaos and complexity and - surprisingly - derives simplicity from the interaction of the two." "The Collapse of Chaos is composed of two parts. The first half is a witty primer, a guided tour of the islands of Truth that have been mapped out by conventional science. This section provides a streamlined and accessible introduction to the central areas of modern science, including cosmology, quantum mechanics, the arrow of time, biological development, evolution, and consciousness. The unorthodox and adventurous second half dives into the Oceans of Ignorance that surround what is known. Educated by the first half to appreciate the subtler issues in the second, the reader is introduced to a novel and even heretical world where unconventional possibilities are explored through conversations with characters such as the Victorian computer scientist Augusta Ada Lovelace and - for the more outlandish scenarios - the alien inhabitants of the planet Zarathustra."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 495 pages
- Contents
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- 1. Simplicity and Complexity
- 2. The Laws of Nature
- 3. The Organization of Development
- 4. The Possibilities of Evolution
- 5. The Origins of Human Understanding
- 6. Systems of Interactive Behavior
- 7. Complexity and Simplicity
- 8. The Nature of Laws
- 9. The Development of Organization
- 10. The Evolution of Possibilities
- 11. The Understanding of Human Origins
- 12. The Behavior of Interactive Systems
- 13. Complicity and Simplexity
- Isbn
- 9780140246759
- Label
- The collapse of chaos : discovering simplicity in a complex world
- Title
- The collapse of chaos
- Title remainder
- discovering simplicity in a complex world
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Collapse of Chaos is the first post-chaos, post-complexity book, a groundbreaking inquiry into how simplicity in nature is generated from chaos and complexity. Rather than asking science's traditional question of how to break the world down into its simplest components, Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart ask something much more interesting: why does simplicity exist at all? Their story combines chaos and complexity and - surprisingly - derives simplicity from the interaction of the two." "The Collapse of Chaos is composed of two parts. The first half is a witty primer, a guided tour of the islands of Truth that have been mapped out by conventional science. This section provides a streamlined and accessible introduction to the central areas of modern science, including cosmology, quantum mechanics, the arrow of time, biological development, evolution, and consciousness. The unorthodox and adventurous second half dives into the Oceans of Ignorance that surround what is known. Educated by the first half to appreciate the subtler issues in the second, the reader is introduced to a novel and even heretical world where unconventional possibilities are explored through conversations with characters such as the Victorian computer scientist Augusta Ada Lovelace and - for the more outlandish scenarios - the alien inhabitants of the planet Zarathustra."--Jacket
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Cohen, Jack
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q175
- LC item number
- .C613 1994
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1945-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Stewart, Ian
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Science
- Science
- Complexity (Philosophy)
- Simplicity (Philosophy)
- Complexity (Philosophy)
- Science
- Science
- Simplicity (Philosophy)
- Chaostheorie
- Naturwissenschaften
- Label
- The collapse of chaos : discovering simplicity in a complex world, Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-482) and index
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- Contents
- 1. Simplicity and Complexity -- 2. The Laws of Nature -- 3. The Organization of Development -- 4. The Possibilities of Evolution -- 5. The Origins of Human Understanding -- 6. Systems of Interactive Behavior -- 7. Complexity and Simplicity -- 8. The Nature of Laws -- 9. The Development of Organization -- 10. The Evolution of Possibilities -- 11. The Understanding of Human Origins -- 12. The Behavior of Interactive Systems -- 13. Complicity and Simplexity
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 495 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140246759
- Lccn
- 93033511
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)29025994
- (OCoLC)ocm29025994
- Label
- The collapse of chaos : discovering simplicity in a complex world, Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-482) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Simplicity and Complexity -- 2. The Laws of Nature -- 3. The Organization of Development -- 4. The Possibilities of Evolution -- 5. The Origins of Human Understanding -- 6. Systems of Interactive Behavior -- 7. Complexity and Simplicity -- 8. The Nature of Laws -- 9. The Development of Organization -- 10. The Evolution of Possibilities -- 11. The Understanding of Human Origins -- 12. The Behavior of Interactive Systems -- 13. Complicity and Simplexity
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 495 pages
- Isbn
- 9780140246759
- Lccn
- 93033511
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)29025994
- (OCoLC)ocm29025994
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