Artículos relacionados a Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order...
Sinopsis
A look at the rebellious thinkers who are challenging old ideas with their insights into the ways countless elements of complex systems interact to produce spontaneous order out of confusion
"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Reseña del editor
A look at the rebellious thinkers who are challenging old ideas with their insights into the ways countless elements of complex systems interact to produce spontaneous order out of confusion
Contraportada
In a rented convent in Santa Fe, a revolution has been brewing. The activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics such as Murray Gell-Mann and Kenneth Arrow, and pony-tailed graduate students, mathematicians, and computer scientists down from Los Alamos. They've formed an iconoclastic think tank called the Santa Fe Institute, and their radical idea is to create a new science called complexity. These mavericks from academe share a deep impatience with the kind of linear, reductionist thinking that has dominated science since the time of Newton. Instead, they are gathering novel ideas about interconnectedness, coevolution, chaos, structure, and order - and they're forging them into an entirely new, unified way of thinking about nature, human social behavior, life, and the universe itself. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell - and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today. They want to know why ancient ecosystems often remained stable for millions of years, only to vanish in a geological instant - and what such events have to do with the sudden collapse of Soviet communism in the late 1980s. They want to know why the economy can behave in unpredictable ways that economists can't explain - and how the random process of Darwinian natural selection managed to produce such wonderfully intricate structures as the eye and the kidney. Above all, they want to know how the universe manages to bring forth complex structures such as galaxies, stars, planets, bacteria, plants, animals, and brains. There are commonthreads in all of these queries, and these Santa Fe scientists seek to understand them. Complexity is their story: the messy, funny, human story of how science really happens. Here is the tale of Brian Arthur, the Belfast-born economist who stubbornly pushed his theories of economic change in the face of hostile orthodoxy. Here, too, are the stories of Stuart Kauffman, the physician-turned-theorist whose most passionate desire has been to find the principles of evolutionary order and organization that Darwin never knew about; John Holland, the affable computer scientist who developed profoundly original theories of evolution and learning as he labored in obscurity for thirty years; Chris Langton, the one-time hippie whose close brush with death in a hang-glider accident inspired him to create the new field of artificial life; and Santa Fe Institute founder George Cowan, who worked a lifetime in the Los Alamos bomb laboratory, until - at age sixty-three - he set out to start a scientific revolution. Most of all, however, Complexity is the story of how these scientists and their colleagues have tried to forge what they like to call "the sciences of the twenty-first century".
"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.
Comprar nuevo
Ver este artículo
EUR 28,04
EUR 3,69 gastos de envío en Estados Unidos de America
Destinos, gastos y plazos de envíoOtras ediciones populares con el mismo título
Resultados de la búsqueda para Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order...
Imagen del vendedor
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: Zoom Books East, Glendale Heights, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Condición: good. Book is in good condition and may include underlining highlighting and minimal wear. The book can also include "From the library of" labels. May not contain miscellaneous items toys, dvds, etc. . We offer 100% money back guarantee and 24 7 customer service. Nº de ref. del artículo: ZEV.0671767895.G
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity : The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: Better World Books: West, Reno, NV, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Condición: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 4597382-6
Cantidad disponible: 2 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity : The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Condición: Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 4597382-6
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0671767895I4N00
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0671767895I3N01
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0671767895I3N00
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: HPB-Red, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
hardcover. Condición: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Nº de ref. del artículo: S_428241108
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: HPB-Ruby, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Nº de ref. del artículo: S_443629074
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: Half Price Books Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Nº de ref. del artículo: S_446003236
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles
Imagen de archivo
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
Publicado por
Simon & Schuster, 1992
ISBN 10: 0671767895
ISBN 13: 9780671767891
Antiguo o usado
Tapa dura
Librería: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Calificación del vendedor: 5 de 5 estrellas
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority! Nº de ref. del artículo: S_445417260
Cantidad disponible: 1 disponibles