Complexity: A Guided Tour
- ISBN-10
- 0199798109
- ISBN-13
- 9780199798100
- Series
- Complexity
- Category
- Science
- Pages
- 368
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-11-24
- Publisher
- OUP USA
- Author
- Melanie Mitchell
Description
A fascinating look at the exciting new sciences of complexity and what they reveal about everything from ant colonies to the World Wide Web, now available in paperback
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- 2019-10-01
- 492 pages
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