Pros: Wonderful introduction to the new unifying science, and to the adventure of science in progress. Cons: Don't expect in-depth analysis - this is an appetizer, not the main course.
On a very normal day, seemingly out of the blue, the stock market takes a dive - a tremendous crash that sends stock brokers hurling out of windows in despair. What happened?
On a very normal stretch of geological time, the small animals...
Pros: clear succinct engaging intellectual profound Cons: focus on systemics rather than math and science
"Complexity" is a "must read" for anyone interested in why systems work the way they do, in why the biggest changes happen or in why even the most energetic and promising intellectual movements have a short half-life. I made the...
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