Owen, Have you ever seen the movie BLOWUP whose main point is that sometimes more precision leads to greater confusion.
Nick > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 9/23/2007 10:03:16 AM > Subject: Friam Digest, Vol 51, Issue 22 > > Send Friam mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Friam digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Complex Systems: Chaos and Beyond ... - Google Book Search > (Owen Densmore) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:55:01 -0600 > From: Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [FRIAM] Complex Systems: Chaos and Beyond ... - Google Book > Search > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > I've been surprised in the increased number of textbook level > complexity books recently, going beyond the popular books into fairly > serious formal systems. > > This one looks like an interesting example of such a book: > http://books.google.com/books?id=7lcINfgupggC > > Two questions: > - Has anyone read or looked at this one yet? > - Have you seen any interesting recent textbooks on complexity? > Here's an example I'm familiar with and like: > Modeling Complex Systems By Nino Boccara > http://books.google.com/books?id=dUxnlP7KYQ4C > > I'd be interested in books of this level others of us have found. > > One interest in all this I have is that we often go on about "what is > complexity" and similar themes, and I have a hunch that the new crop > of textbooks may just have enough formalism to let us be more > precise. I hope! > > -- Owen > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Friam mailing list > [email protected] > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > > End of Friam Digest, Vol 51, Issue 22 > ************************************* ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
