The Collapse of Chaos by Jack S Cohen
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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Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Geometry
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On Human Nature
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In Search of the Edge of Time
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Wonderful Life
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At Home in the Universe
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The Penguin Book of Curious and Interesting Puzzles
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Climbing Mount Improbable
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Brainstorms
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Bully for Brontosaurus
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An Urchin in the Storm
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Fearful Symmetry
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Naturalist
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Infinity and the Mind
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From Eros to Gaia
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Dinosaur Heresies
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Great Mambo Chicken and the Transhuman Condition
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Artificial Life
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Bright Air, Brilliant Fire
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Labyrinths of Reason
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The Descent of the Child
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Other Worlds
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One Long Argument
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The Left Hand of Creation
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Darwin Machines and the Nature of Knowledge
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In Search of the Double Helix
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The Night is Large
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The Artful Universe
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The Neandertal Enigma
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Games of Life
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Bones of Contention
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The Brain
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Who Got Einstein's Office?
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In the Beginning
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Einstein's Universe
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| ISBN 13 | 9780140246759 |
| ISBN 10 | 0140246754 |
| Title | The Collapse of Chaos |
| Author | Jack S Cohen |
| Series | Penguin Science |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 1995-06-29 |
| Number of pages | 512 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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