Complexity explained /
Peter Erdi.
- Berlin : Springer, c2008.
- xv, 397 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Springer complexity .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [365]-391) and index.
Complex systems : the intellectual landscape -- History of complex systems research -- From the clockwork world view to irreversibility (and back?) -- The dynamic world view in action -- The search for laws : deductive versus inductive -- Statistical laws : from symmetric to asymmetric -- Simple and complex structures : between order and randomness -- Complexity of the brain : structure, function and dynamics -- From models to decision making -- How many cultures we have?