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Bigger than Chaos: Understanding Complexity through Probability

by Michael Strevens

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Michael Strevens shows how simplicity can co-exist with the tangled interconnections within complex systems. By looking at the foundations of statistical reasoning about complex systems (gases, ecosystems and even social systems) he provides an understanding of how simplicity emerges from complexity.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Philosophy
DDC/MDS: 003 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Systems
LCC: QC174.85 .P76 .S77 — Science Physics Physics Atomic physics. Constitution and properties of matter
BISAC: PHI PHILOSOPHY General
SCI SCIENCE Chaotic Behavior in Systems

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Published: 2003
Genres: Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Philosophy
DDC/MDS: 003
LCC: QC174.85 .P76 .S77

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