1998 Complex Systems PATTERNS IN THE SAND fractals self-organization &c

Description: Author: Terry Bossomaier & David Green Title: Patterns in the Sand: Computers, Complexity, and Everyday Life Binding: softcover Size: trade paperback Pagination: 206pp Published: Perseus Books, 1998 Condition: Good; some shelf wear on front cover edges; interior clean, binding good ISBN: 0738201723 Bossomaier & Greens lovely little introduction to Complex Systems research, including sections on fractals, self-organization, computational science and emergent phenomena. Introduction by Paul Davies. [OCR is approximate, as always] The new science of complexity, one of the twentieth centurys greatest contributions to our comprehension of nature, is concerned with treating vastly complicated systems, like the biosphere or the Internet, as holistic systems. Patterns in the Sand discusses this new scientific paradigm that treats life as a natural computation, and shows how this approach translates into ways of dealing with complexity in real life; for example, how key ideas, such as chaos, criticality, and emergent phenomena, help us to understand how ants build their nests, how the brain works, why we enact simple routines like getting up in the morning and going to work, and why accidents happen. Using such everyday phenomena as illustrations, Bossomaier and Green take us from the most basic function of the simple Turing computer through the vast interrelationships of the earths biota right up to the search for life on other planets, while providing a new understanding of the complicated, complex world around us. Terry Bossomaier is Head of School at the School of Information Technology of Charles Stuart University in Australia. His research focuses on neural computation. David Green has been researching and teaching computing and ecology for the past twenty-four years, and has applied computers to such diverse problems as starfish, brushfires, DNA, and mental health. «2018» Take a close look at the auction images for details of contents and condition. If you have any questions at all please send a message through eBay before bidding. Be sure to check our eBay Store for thousands of other listings like this one. Orders will be sent out within three business days of receipt of payment. If youre in a hurry and would like expedited shipping (Priority or Express shipping), please let us know before paying so we can adjust your invoice. Books are sent Media Rate within the US, and other small items are sent Parcel by default. If you would like combined shipping, please (1) contact us to let us know, and then (2) wait to pay until youre finished shopping (but try to keep it within a 4 day period, please). Just leave the items in your eBay Cart and then request an updated invoice after youre done. If you pay for an item, we are obliged to ship it to you, and cannot combine it with subsequent purchases. If youre waiting for a separate auction item to finish, please contact us to let us know. _gsrx_vers_1706 (GS 9.9 (1706))

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