Deep Simplicity chaos: complexity and emergence of life (Record no. 294494)

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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.
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
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