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

Peter Coveney; Roger Highfield

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ISBN 10: 0571179223 ISBN 13: 9780571179220

Published by Faber Faber Inc, U.S.A., 1996

Language: English

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

Publisher

Faber Faber Inc, U.S.A.

Publication Date

1996

Language

English

ISBN 10

0571179223

ISBN 13

9780571179220

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Paperback

Edition

1st Edition

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1st Printing

Condition

Very Good

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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.

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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.

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