Complexity
Complexity
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In the world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. This book is the story of how they have tried to forge what they like to call "the science of the 21st century".
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Complexity by Mmitchell Waldrop
In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. 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. This book is their story - the story of how they have tried to forge what they like to call "the science of the 21st century".
M. Mitchell Waldrop has his doctorate in elementary particle physics and is the author of Man-Made Minds. He spent ten years as a senior writer for Science magazine, where he is now a contributing correspondent.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780140179682 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140179682 |
| Title | Complexity |
| Author | M Mitchell Waldrop |
| Series | Penguin Science S |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1994-01-27 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |