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by Gregoire Nocolis, Ilya Prigogine| 1989| 328 pages| 20.6392| other

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<p><span>■ "Exploring Complexity" surveys the wide range of complex phenomena arising in the framework of physico-chemical and biological systems and in the global environment. The book defines the elements of a new scientific vocabulary - the vocabulary of complexity - and elaborates the tools for analyzing these problems efficiently. It breaks disciplinary barriers to consider issues beyond the realm of traditional physical science, including the dynamics of climatic change and the behaviour of social insects and human populations.---</span></p><p><span>■ A good, rather technical text to introduce the dynamics of complex systems and where to look for it. Prigogine and Nicolis gradually introduce the vocabulary and the physical and mathematical concepts describing systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium, that is where their dynamic is interesting, rich and sometimes unpredictable. When he limits himself to thermodynamics and physics (especially in the branch where he made fundamental contributions) as in this case, Prigogine is a master - little doubt. Luckily, this text, quite comprehensive and accessible to whom masters some statistics and calculus, is devoid of those Bergsonian muds and elucubrations which spoiled to a substantial extent Prigogine's later offerings (just about the time of "The new alliance"). Here we find only few isolated hazardous jumps of that kind - which many years after the publication appear simplistic and overcome by a more reasoned and comprehensive view of the problematics.---</span></p><p><span>■ Unexpected discoveries in nonequilibrium physics and nonlinear dynamics are changing our understanding of complex phenomena. Recent research has revealed fundamental new properties of matter in far-from-equilibrium conditions, and the prevalence of instability-where small changes in initial conditions may lead to amplified effects.---</span></p><p> </p><p><span>■ This book presents an early exploration of complex systems science. Its inclination is somewhat different from later works, but its grounding in physics, chemistry, and thermodynamics, as well as its connection to chaos theory (see citations under Chaos Theory) make it an excellent reference that will appeal to those in the physical sciences.---</span></p>

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Author:Gregoire Nocolis, Ilya Prigogine
Publication Year:1989
ISBN:716718596
Pages:328
Language:other
File Size:20.6392
Format:PDF
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