Thinking in Complexity The Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind

Klaus Mainzer

ISBN 10: 3540575979 / ISBN 13: 9783540575979

Verlag: Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1994

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329 pages; B&W illustrations. Graphs. Pencil underlining to the text body of a few pages. Moderate foxing to the top exterior edge of textblock. Slightly cocked spine. Dog-earing to the top corner of a couple of pages. Good condition otherwise. No other noteworthy defects. ; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers HVD-52322-A-0

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Titel: Thinking in Complexity The Complex Dynamics ...

Verlag: Springer Verlag, Berlin

Erscheinungsdatum: 1994

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First Edition; Second Printing.

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The theory of nonlinear complex system has become a successful and widely used problem solving approach in the natural sciences - from laser physics, quantum chaos and meteorology to molecular modeling in chemistry and computer simulations of cell growth in biology. In recent times it has been recognized that many of the social, ecological and political problems of mankind are also of a global, complex and nonlinear nature. And one of the most exciting topics of present scientific and public interest is the idea that even the human mind is governed largely by the nonlinear dynamics of complex systems. In this wide-ranging but concise treatment Prof. Mainzer discusses, in nontechnical language, the common framework behind these endeavours. Special emphasis is given to the evolution of new structures in natural and cultural systems and it is seen clearly how the new integrative approach of complexity theory can give new insights that were not available using traditional reductionistic methods.