The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World (Penguin science) - Tapa blanda

Stewart, Ian; Cohen, Jack

 
9780140246759: The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World (Penguin science)
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ISBN 10: 0140246754 ISBN 13: 9780140246759
Editorial: Penguin, 1995

Sinopsis

Science's traditional answers to the question: "How does complexity arise in nature?" are given at the beginning of this book. It shows how intelligence and human culture can be traced back to atomic structure, reducing the whole of nature to simple laws of fundamental physics. However, the book then proceeds to show that "How does complexity arise?" is really the wrong question. It proposes that a more interesting question is "Why do simple structures exist at all?". Scientific reductionism is useful but does not give the whole truth: it tells how but not why; it looks at insides but not outsides, content but not context. The subject-matter of traditional science is re-examined from a different viewpoint, focusing on the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour, through the "collapse of chaos".

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Science's traditional answers to the question: "How does complexity arise in nature?" are given at the beginning of this book. It shows how intelligence and human culture can be traced back to atomic structure, reducing the whole of nature to simple laws of fundamental physics. However, the book then proceeds to show that "How does complexity arise?" is really the wrong question. It proposes that a more interesting question is "Why do simple structures exist at all?". Scientific reductionism is useful but does not give the whole truth: it tells how but not why; it looks at insides but not outsides, content but not context. The subject-matter of traditional science is re-examined from a different viewpoint, focusing on the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour, through the "collapse of chaos".

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Editorial
Penguin
Año de publicación
1995
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0140246754
ISBN 13 
9780140246759
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Número de páginas
512
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ISBN 10:  0140178740 ISBN 13:  9780140178746
Editorial: Penguin, 1995
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