Overview
What do traffic jams, stock market crashes, and wars have in common? They are all explained using complexity, an unsolved puzzle that many researchers believe is the key to predicting – and ultimately solving—everything from terrorist attacks and pandemic viruses right down to rush hour traffic congestion. Complexity is considered by many to be the single most important scientific development since general relativity and it promises to make sense of no less than the very heart of the Universe. Using it, scientists can find order emerging from seemingly random interactions of all kinds, from something as simple as flipping coins through to more challenging problems such as the patterns in modern jazz, the growth of cancer tumours, and predicting shopping habits.
Full Product Details
Author: Neil Johnson
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Imprint: Oneworld Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 12.90cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.277kg
ISBN: 9781851686308
ISBN 10: 1851686304
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 October 2009
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Johnson's book fills a long-overdue need for an engaging semipopular book about complexity science, one that is also strong on the underlying scientific and theoretical concepts. Highly recommended. * Choice * Neil Johnson has provided a readable account of the science of complexity * Oxford Times *
""Johnson's book fills a long-overdue need for an engaging semipopular book about complexity science, one that is also strong on the underlying scientific and theoretical concepts."" ""Highly recommended."" * Choice * ""Neil Johnson has provided a readable account of the science of complexity"" * Oxford Times *
Johnson's book fills a long-overdue need for an engaging semipopular book about complexity science, one that is also strong on the underlying scientific and theoretical concepts. Highly recommended. Choice Neil Johnson has provided a readable account of the science of complexity Oxford Times
"""Johnson's book fills a long-overdue need for an engaging semipopular book about complexity science, one that is also strong on the underlying scientific and theoretical concepts."" ""Highly recommended."" * Choice * ""Neil Johnson has provided a readable account of the science of complexity"" * Oxford Times *"
Author Information
Neil Johnson is Professor of Physics at Oxford University, and is currently working at the University of Miami in Florida. He is also co-director of Oxford University's research collaboration into Complexity.
