Complexification  -  John L. Casti

explaining a paradoxical world through the science of surprise

KORTE INHOUD

Why does time seem to fly on some occasions and drag on others? Why do some societies seem more prone to totalitarianism than others? Why does atonal music sound "worse" to most of us than traditional music? How can a butterfly in Brazil affect the weather in Alaska?

The set of ingenious interdisciplinary approaches that are, together, called the science of complexity offers answers to these and dozens of other questions that beg the larger question of why our universe seems so paradoxical. John L. Casti, re...
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1994 Uitgever: harpercollins 320 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0060168889 ISBN-13: 9780060168889