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  • Seeing

    A Field Guide to the Patterns and Processes of Nature, Culture, and Consciousness

    A new science is emerging in this century. Systems science, also called complexity science, describes how everything, from an atom to a brain to the Universe, is made up of the same patterns. For 14 billion years, Nature's systems have organized themselves using networks, boundaries, bonds, flows, feedback, cycles, evolution, and more. Understand how Nature's complex systems work generally and we ... Leer más

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  • Scale

    The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies

    de Geoffrey West ...
    **"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." —The Wall Street JournalWall Street JournalFrom one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in.**Visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent ... Leer más

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  • This Idea Is Brilliant

    Lost, Overlooked, and Underappreciated Scientific Concepts Everyone Should Know

    de John Brockman ...
    Series Libro 23 - Edge Question Series
    Brilliant but overlooked ideas you must know, as revealed by today’s most innovative mindsWhat scientific term or concept ought to be more widely known? That is the question John Brockman, publisher of the acclaimed science salon Edge.org (“The world’s smartest website”—The Guardian), presented to 205 of the world’s most influential thinkers from across the intellectual spectrum—award-winning ... Leer más

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  • Complexity

    A Guided Tour

    What enables individually simple insects like ants to act with such precision and purpose as a group? How do trillions of neurons produce something as extraordinarily complex as consciousness? In this remarkably clear and companionable book, leading complex systems scientist Melanie Mitchell provides an intimate tour of the sciences of complexity, a broad set of efforts that seek to explain how ... Leer más

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  • The Half-Life of Facts

    Why Everything We Know Has an Expiration Date

    New insights from the science of scienceFacts change all the time. Smoking has gone from doctor recommended to deadly. We used to think the Earth was the center of the universe and that the brontosaurus was a real dinosaur. In short, what we know about the world is constantly changing.Samuel Arbesman shows us how knowledge in most fields evolves systematically and predictably, and how this ... Leer más

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  • Linked

    How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

    The best-selling guide to network science, the revolutionary field that reveals the deep links between all forms of human social lifeA cocktail party. A terrorist cell. Ancient bacteria. An international conglomerate. All are networks, and all are a part of a surprising scientific revolution. In Linked, Albert-László Barabási, the nation's foremost expert in the new science of networks, takes us ... Leer más

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  • Complexity

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    The importance of complexity is well-captured by Hawking's comment: "Complexity is the science of the 21st century". From the movement of flocks of birds to the Internet, environmental sustainability, and market regulation, the study and understanding of complex non-linear systems has become highly influential over the last 30 years. In this Very Short Introduction, one of the leading figures in ... Leer más

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  • Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age

    The Science of a Connected Age

    The pioneering young scientist whose work on the structure of small worlds has triggered an avalanche of interest in networks.In this remarkable book, Duncan Watts, one of the principal architects of network theory, sets out to explain the innovative research that he and other scientists are spearheading to create a blueprint of our connected planet. Whether they bind computers, economies, or ... Leer más

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  • Know This

    Today's Most Interesting and Important Scientific Ideas, Discoveries, and Developments

    de John Brockman ...
    Series Libro 22 - Edge Question Series
    Today's most visionary thinkers reveal the cutting-edge scientific ideas and breakthroughs you must understand.Scientific developments radically change and enlighten our understanding of the world -- whether it's advances in technology and medical research or the latest revelations of neuroscience, psychology, physics, economics, anthropology, climatology, or genetics. And yet amid the flood of ... Leer más

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  • Gravity's Kiss

    The Detection of Gravitational Waves

    de Harry Collins ...
    **Written in real time, this fascinating account takes you inside a landmark scientific discovery, long in the making: the first detection of gravitational waves.“Thrilling like a spy story.” —Carlo Rovelli, author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics**Scientists have been trying to confirm the existence of gravitational waves for more than 50 years. Then, in September 2015, came a “very interesting ... Leer más

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  • The Amazing Journey of Reason

    from DNA to Artificial Intelligence

    de Mario Alemi ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This Open Access book explores questions such as why and how did the first biological cells appear? And then complex organisms, brains, societies and –now– connected human societies? Physicists have good models for describing the evolution of the universe since the Big Bang, but can we apply the same concepts to the evolution of aggregated matter –living matter included? The Amazing Journey ... Leer más

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  • The Science of Science

    This is the first comprehensive overview of the 'science of science,' an emerging interdisciplinary field that relies on big data to unveil the reproducible patterns that govern individual scientific careers and the workings of science. It explores the roots of scientific impact, the role of productivity and creativity, when and what kind of collaborations are effective, the impact of failure and ... Leer más

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