Simply complexity: a clear guide to complexity theory / Neil F. Johnson.

By:

Johnson, Neil F, 1961-

Language: English Publication details: Oxford : Oneworld, 2007.Description: xiii, 236 p. ill. 20 cmISBN:

9781851686308

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

511.3

LOC classification:

Q 175.32 J68s 2007

Contents:

Two's company, three is complexity -- Disorder rules, OK? -- Chaos and all that jazz -- Mob mentality -- Getting connected -- What can complexity science do for me? Forecasting financial markets -- Tackling traffic networks and climbing the corporate ladder -- Looking for Mr./Mrs. Right -- Coping with conflict : next-generation wars and global terrorism -- Catching a cold, avoiding super-flu, and curing cancer -- The mother of all complexities : our nanoscale quantum world -- To infinity and beyond.

Summary: Johnson uses real-life examples as he leads us on a fascinating and entertaining romp through cutting-edge topics like chaos, game theory, economics, and even jazz and quantum physics. He shows the surprising ways in which order eventually emerges from the interaction of all things.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Humanidades	Humanidades (4to. Piso)	Q 175.32 J68s 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000127003

"First published in hardcover by Oneworld Publications as Two's Company, Three is Complexity, 2007"--Title page verso.

Two's company, three is complexity -- Disorder rules, OK? -- Chaos and all that jazz -- Mob mentality -- Getting connected --
What can complexity science do for me? Forecasting financial markets -- Tackling traffic networks and climbing the corporate ladder -- Looking for Mr./Mrs. Right -- Coping with conflict : next-generation wars and global terrorism -- Catching a cold, avoiding super-flu, and curing cancer -- The mother of all complexities : our nanoscale quantum world -- To infinity and beyond.

Johnson uses real-life examples as he leads us on a fascinating and entertaining romp through cutting-edge topics like chaos, game theory, economics, and even jazz and quantum physics. He shows the surprising ways in which order eventually emerges from the interaction of all things.

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