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008 930825s1994 nyua b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aQ172.5.C45$bC38 1995
100 1 $aCasti, J. L.
245 10 $aComplexification :$bexplaining a paradoxical world through the science of surprise /$cJohn L. Casti.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bHarperCollins,$cc1994.
300 $axiv, 320 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 279-307) and index.
505 0 $aThe simple and the complex. Realities, rules and surprises -- The catastrophic. Intuition: small, gradual changes in effects -- The chaotic. Intuition: deterministic rules of behavior give rise to completely predictable events -- The lawless. Intuition: all real-world truths are the logical outcome of following a set of rules -- The irreducible. Intuition: Complicated systems can always be understood by breaking them down into simpler parts -- The emergent. Intuition: surprising results only from complicated, hard-to- understand interactions among a system's component parts -- On the creation of a science of surprise.
650 0 $aChaotic behavior in systems.
650 0 $aParadox.
948 $a10/13/1999$b10/13/1999
999 $aQ 172.5 .C45 C38 1995$wLC$c1$i31786101219696$d6/23/2004$f6/23/2004$g1 $lCIRCSTACKS$mNULS$rY$sY$tBOOK$u7/22/1999$o.STAFF. Pieces: 00001