Books focused on understanding complex systems
Understanding complexity Public
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Complexity by M. Mitchell Waldrop (Penguin science)
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"In a rented convent in Santa Fe, a revolution has been brewing. The activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel …
naught101 says: Fun introduction to first-wave complexity theory - physical systems complexity, artificial live, computational emergence. If you want a general introduction to modern complexity, this isn't it, but it's really interesting from a historical perspective
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naught101 says: Collection of essays and other material focused on sense-making in various complex contexts
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Small Arcs of Larger Circles by Nora Bateson
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This is a collection of essays, reflections and poems by Nora Bateson, the noted research designer, film-maker, writer and lecturer. …
naught101 says: Poetry and essays around complexity. More of an oblique way to come at the problem.
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naught101 says: Human/civilisational history re-examined from a complex adaptive systems perspective, where cognitive patterns (e.g. worldviews and cultures) are treated like species in biological evolution, with their own evolutionary histories and selection pressures.
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Notes on Complexity by Neil Theise
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A brief synopsis of everything. The author fuses quantum theory, biology, astronomy, Zen Buddhism, Kabbalah, and more to explain why …
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Visualizing Complexity by Darjan Hil, Nicole Lachenmeier
How can you turn dry statistics into attractive and informative graphs? How can you present complex data sets in an …
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Think complexity by Allen B. Downey
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Complexity Science is an interdisciplinary field—at the intersection of mathematics, computer science, and natural science—that focuses on discrete models of …
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A Field Guide to Getting Lost by Rebecca Solnit
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Rebecca Solnit investigates the nature of loss, losing and being lost. She starts with the revelation that what is totally …
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Chaos: The Making of a New Science by James Gleick
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A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary edition of James Gleick’s …
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