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discovering simplicity in a complex world

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An edition of The Collapse of Chaos (1994)

The collapse of chaos

discovering simplicity in a complex world

  • 7 Want to read
  • 1 Have read

"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.

Publish Date
Publisher
Viking
Language
English
Pages
495

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Cover of: The Collapse of Chaos
The Collapse of Chaos
March 2, 2000, Penguin Books Ltd
in English
Cover of: The collapse of chaos
The collapse of chaos: discovering simplicity in a complex world
1994, Viking
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-482) and index.

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
501
Library of Congress
Q175 .C613 1994, Q175.C613 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
495 p. :
Number of pages
495

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1423063M
Internet Archive
collapseofchaosd00cohe
ISBN 10
0670849839
LCCN
93033511
OCLC/WorldCat
29025994
Library Thing
139458
Goodreads
2307907

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