The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World (平装) 0140291253

Do we live in a simple or a complex universe? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart explore the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour in nature through 'the collapse of chaos'. 'The most startling, thought-provoking book I've read all year. I was pleased to learn that most of the things I thought I knew were wrong' - Terry Pratchett. Jack Cohen is an internationally known reproductive biologist. Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick. Simplicity and complexity; the laws of nature; the organization of development; the possibilities of evolution; the origins of human understanding; systems of interactive behaviour; complexity and simplicity; the nature of laws; the development of organizations; the evolution of possibilities; the understanding of human origins; the behaviour of interactivesystems; complicity and simplexity.

出版社	Penguin
作者	Ian Stewart