Complexification: Explaining a Paradoxical World Through the Science of Surprise

by John L. Casti

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Science is just realizing that there are relatively few processes that can be correctly predicted, that the greater part of the universe consists of "dynamical systems" that are far more intricate and delicate than logic can encompass. John Casti argues that a complexity that defies human logic is only natural, and unlike anything in the range of complexity books, he shows directly how complexity arises, and how it works. "Complexification" is a primer, in a sense, for life's most complicated processes, showing the reader why they are so complex, and laying a foundation for a science of surprise that can take the reader beyond where physics and common sense have led so far. John L. Casti is the author of "Searching for Certainty" and "Paradigms Lost".
  • ISBN10 0349106126
  • ISBN13 9780349106120
  • Publish Date 1 December 1994 (first published 18 March 1994)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 31 December 2009
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Imprint Abacus
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 320
  • Language English