000			01885nam a2200205 4500
010			_a93033511
020			_a9780670849833
024			_a29025994
050			_aQ175
082			_a501
100	1		_aJack Cohen
245	1		_aThe Collapse of Chaos
260			_bPenguin Publishing Group
300			_a512 pages
520			_a"The Collapse of Chaos is the first post-chaos, post-complexity book, a groundbreaking inquiry into how simplicity in nature is generated from chaos and complexity. Rather than asking science's traditional question of how to break the world down into its simplest components, Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart ask something much more interesting: why does simplicity exist at all? Their story combines chaos and complexity and - surprisingly - derives simplicity from the interaction of the two." "The Collapse of Chaos is composed of two parts. The first half is a witty primer, a guided tour of the islands of Truth that have been mapped out by conventional science. This section provides a streamlined and accessible introduction to the central areas of modern science, including cosmology, quantum mechanics, the arrow of time, biological development, evolution, and consciousness. The unorthodox and adventurous second half dives into the Oceans of Ignorance that surround what is known. Educated by the first half to appreciate the subtler issues in the second, the reader is introduced to a novel and even heretical world where unconventional possibilities are explored through conversations with characters such as the Victorian computer scientist Augusta Ada Lovelace and - for the more outlandish scenarios - the alien inhabitants of the planet Zarathustra."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
650			_aPhysical Sciences
650			_aPhilosophy
700	1		_aIan Stewart
999			_c603 _d603