Thinking in Complexity [electronic resource] : The Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind /

Since the first edition sold out in less than a year, we now present the revised second edition of Mainzer's popular book. The theory of nonlinear complex systems has become a successful problem-solving approach in the natural sciences from laser physics, quantum chaos, and meteorology to computer simulations of cell growth in biology. It is now recognized that many of our social, ecological, and political problems are also of a global, complex, and nonlinear nature. And one of the most exciting contemporary topics 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 a nontechnical language, the common framework behind these endeavors. Emphasis is given to the evolution of new structures in natural and cultural systems and we see clearly how the new integrative approach can give insights not available from traditional reductionistic methods.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Mainzer, Klaus. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1996
Subjects:	Physics., Cell biology., Statistical physics., Dynamical systems., Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity., Cell Biology.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03305-0
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