Deep Simplicity chaos: complexity and emergence of life (Record no. 294494)
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fixed length control field | 00942nam a2200157Ia 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780141007229 |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 501./003.7 GRI-D .PS |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | John R Gribbin |
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | Deep Simplicity chaos: complexity and emergence of life |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguin Books |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2005 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Introduction: The Simplicity of Complexity -- 1. Order out of Chaos -- 2. The Return of Chaos -- 3. Chaos out of Order -- 4. The Edge of Chaos -- 5. Earthquakes, Extinctions and Emergence -- 6. The Facts of Life -- 7. Life Beyond. |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
Summary, etc. | The world around us seems to be a complex place. But, as John Gribbin explains, chaos and complexity obey simple laws - essentially, the same straightforward principles that Isaac Newton discovered more than 300 years ago. |
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
Topical term or geographic name entry element | Complexity (Philosophy) Chaotic behavior in systems. Science -- Popular works. |
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Koha item type | Book |
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Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics | Processing Center | 01/09/2015 | 501./003 GRI-D .PS | DCB1115 | 01/09/2015 | 19/07/2019 | Book |