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050 00 $aQ175$b.C613 1994
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100 1 $aCohen, Jack.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80156472
245 14 $aThe collapse of chaos :$bdiscovering simplicity in a complex world /$cJack Cohen and Ian Stewart.
260 $aNew York :$bViking,$c1994.
263 $a9404
300 $a495 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tSimplicity and Complexity -- $g2.$tThe Laws of Nature -- $g3.$tThe Organization of Development -- $g4.$tThe Possibilities of Evolution -- $g5.$tThe Origins of Human Understanding -- $g6.$tSystems of Interactive Behavior -- $g7.$tComplexity and Simplicity -- $g8.$tThe Nature of Laws -- $g9.$tThe Development of Organization -- $g10.$tThe Evolution of Possibilities -- $g11.$tThe Understanding of Human Origins -- $g12.$tThe Behavior of Interactive Systems -- $g13.$tComplicity and Simplexity.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aScience$xPhilosophy.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118582
650 0 $aScience$xMethodology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118577
650 0 $aComplexity (Philosophy)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85029376
650 0 $aSimplicity (Philosophy)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85122750
700 1 $aStewart, Ian,$d1945-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50023086
852 00 $boff,sci$hQ175$i.C613 1994