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Human Dynamics: A Complexity Science Open Handbook
Franco F. Orsucci (Ed.)
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Description for Human Dynamics: A Complexity Science Open Handbook
Hardback. Editor(s): Orsucci, Franco F. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180. .
The classical Roman poet, Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC c. 55 BC), described the clinamen, or swerve, as an occurrence that we now call singularity, also popularised as the butterfly effect. His poem, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), reminds us that an awareness of the intrinsic complexity of natural dynamics has been present for a very long times in human culture (Lucretius, 54BC in 1971; Greenblatt, 2011). It is quite recently, however, that complexity has become a suitable scientific approach. The meta-paradigm of Complexity Science crosses over different disciplines, from physics and mathematics to biology, ... Read more
The classical Roman poet, Titus Lucretius Carus (c. 99 BC c. 55 BC), described the clinamen, or swerve, as an occurrence that we now call singularity, also popularised as the butterfly effect. His poem, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things), reminds us that an awareness of the intrinsic complexity of natural dynamics has been present for a very long times in human culture (Lucretius, 54BC in 1971; Greenblatt, 2011). It is quite recently, however, that complexity has become a suitable scientific approach. The meta-paradigm of Complexity Science crosses over different disciplines, from physics and mathematics to biology, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781634840545
SKU
V9781634840545
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