Deep Simplicity, 9780141007229
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Simple laws explain our complex world, revealing hidden harmony.

Deep Simplicity

chaos, complexity and the emergence of life

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    27 January 2005

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Summary

Deep Simplicity: Unraveling the Universe’s Hidden Order

The world around us can be a complex, confusing place. Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate, weather forecasters seldom seem to get it right - even other people continue to baffle us. How do we make sense of it all?

In fact, John Gribbin reveals, our seemingly random universe is actually built on simple laws of cause and effect that can explain why, for example, just one vehicle braking can cause …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141007229
ISBN-10:0141007222
Series:Penguin Press Science
Author:John Gribbin
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Edition:1st
Release Date:27 January 2005
Weight:204g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 15mm
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Critics Review

“Exhilarating… Gribbin uses a step-by-step historical method to ground contemporary thought in classical physics’ the Daily Telegraph ‘Gribbin…takes us through the basics of all this with his customary talent for accessibility and clarity’ the Sunday Times ‘(Gribbin) breathes life into the core ideas of complexity science, and argues convincingly that the basic laws, even in biology, will ultimately turn out to be simple’ Nature’ “What makes Deep Simplicity different from other books on complexity theory is that Gribbin ! goes back to the fundamentals’ Daily Telegraph ‘Gribbin takes us through the basics with his customary talent for accessibility and clarity’ Sunday Times ‘One is left feeling even more - if this is possible - filled with admiration for science and delight at the world it investigates’ Financial Times ‘Gribbin breathes life into the core ideas of complexity science’ Nature’

About The Author

John Gribbin

John Gribbin is one of today’s greatest writers of popular science and the author of bestselling books, including In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat, Stardust, Science- A History and Deep Simplicity. He is famous to his many fans for making complex ideas simple, and says that his aim in his writing - much of it done with his wife, Mary Gribbin - is to share with his readers his sense of wonder at the strangeness of the universe. John Gribbin trained as an astrophysicist at Cambridge University and is currently Visiting Fellow in Astronomy at the University of Sussex.

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