Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World

Peter Coveney (Author), Roger Highfield

ISBN 10: 0571179223 / ISBN 13: 9780571179220

Published by Faber Faber Inc, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Frontiers of Complexity: The Search for Order in a Chaotic World
• Publisher: Faber Faber Inc
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571179223
• ISBN 13: 9780571179220
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This comprehensive work investigates: the role of computers in the understanding of complexity; spontaneous emergence of order in the universe; how nature can solve problems that traditionally defeat scientists; and the likelihood that intelligence will evolve within computers.

Review

Accessible yet rigorous, this book goes far beyond most popularizations of "chaos" theory and presents the science of complexity, its historical origins, and current applications to cosmology, particle physics, ecology, evolution, and neurobiology. The emphasis on scientific computation and visualization as the microscope and lab bench of this new science is particularly welcome. Very Highly Recommended.