Stacey, R.D. and Mowles, C. (2016) Strategic Management and Organisational Dynamics: The Challenge of Complexity to Ways of Thinking about Organizations, 7th Edition, London: Pearson Education. 2 COMPLEX MODELS Radical ...
Galileo, 1564–1642 (AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives, E. Scott Barr Collection) Isaac Newton, 1643–1727 (Original engraving by unknown artist, courtesy AIP Emilio Segre Visual Archives) invented, on his own, the science of dynamics.
A fascinating look at the exciting new sciences of complexity and what they reveal about everything from ant colonies to the World Wide Web, now available in paperback
A look at the rebellious thinkers who are challenging old ideas with their insights into the ways countless elements of complex systems interact to produce spontaneous order out of confusion
Examines the field of complexity science, with sections focusing on how the discipline works within computer simulations, natural ecosystems, and various social systems.
In this very short introduction, John Holland presents an introduction to the science of complexity. Using examples from biology and economics, he shows how complexity science models the behaviour of complex systems.
Nam P. Suh focussed his axiomatic design theories on methods to understand and deal with complexity. Suh is a well-respected designer and researcher in the fields of manufacturing and composite materials.
Thought-provoking and full of fascinating detail, this eloquently told story of life on earth and our place within it presents a grand perspective and raises many important questions.
"This book interprets insights from the complexity sciences to explore seven types of complexity better to understand the predictable unpredictability of social life.
"This volume explores the nature of complexity and considers its bearing on our world and how we manage our affairs within it.
This book is their story—the story of how they have tried to forge what they like to call the science of the twenty-first century. “Lucidly shows physicists, biologists, computer scientists and economists swapping metaphors and reveling ...
The series Context Architecture seeks to take a critical selection of concepts that play a vital role in the current discourse and put them up for discussion.
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Complexity, in Roger Lewin's view, will be the dominant scientific trend of the 1990s, as scientists from many disciplines come together and begin to discover the underlying similarities in their...
As a result, projects to describe and explain natural science can never be completed. This volume explores the nature of complexity and considers its bearing on our world and how we manage our affairs within it.
"Put together one of the world's best science writers with one of the universe's most fascinating subjects and you are bound to produce a wonderful book. . . . The...