The Emergence of Complexity in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology: Proceedings, Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 27-31 October 1992 - Couverture souple

 
9780691012384: The Emergence of Complexity in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology: Proceedings, Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, 27-31 October 1992
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691012385 ISBN 13 : 9780691012384
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 1997

Synopsis

Complexity studies, thought still in their infancy, are controversial. By viewing different systems, be it those in biological, physical or even social sciences, as series of interacting "agents", researchers involved in complexity explore a rich and diverse set of phenomena such as self-organization and adaptation. They use these phenomena to model and explain such things as the formation of cities, the behaviour of the stock market and the origin of life. In this volume, some of the world's leading scientists discuss the role of complexity across all the scientific disciplines. Opinions differ: for some, complexity holds the key to a deeper and fuller understanding of the world; to others, it is merely a modern version of the philsophers' stone. For the reader, it provides glimpses and insight into arguably the most exciting approach to science currently available.

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À propos de l?auteur

Bernard Pullman, who died in 1996, was a major figure in theoretical biochemistry, and was the Director of the Institut de Biologie Chimie Physique in Paris.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691012385
ISBN 13 
9780691012384
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
494
Éditeur
Pullman Bernard
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