John R Gribbin

Deep Simplicity chaos: complexity and emergence of life - Penguin Books 2005 - xii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

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.

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Complexity (Philosophy) Chaotic behavior in systems. Science -- Popular works.

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