Brad Paulsen wrote:
Richard,
I presume this is the Waldrop Complexity book to which you referred:
"Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos"
M. Mitchell Waldrop, 1992, $10.20 (new, paperback) from Amazon (used
copies also available)
http://www.amazon.com/Complexity-Emerging-Science-Order-Chaos/dp/0671872346/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214641304&sr=1-1
Is this the "newer" book you had in mind?
"At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization
and Complexity"
Stuart Kauffman (The Santa Fe Institute), 1995, $18.95 (new, paperback)
from Amazon (used copies
also available)
http://www.amazon.com/At-Home-Universe-Self-Organization-Complexity/dp/0195111303/ref=reg_hu-wl_mrai-recs
Uh, no: Kauffman's book is also good, but that was not the one I am
thinking of. Trouble is, it had some title that (IIRC) did not directly
reference the word "complex", so after looking at it in the bookstore I
forgot it.
I think one of the problems with complexity is that only a small chunk
of it is necessary ... there is a lot of material that, to my mind, does
not contribute much to the core idea. And the core idea is not quite
enough for an entire book.
But, having said that, the core idea is so subtle and so easily
misunderstood that people trip over it without realizing its
significance. Hmmmmm...... maybe that means there really should be a
book length treatment of it after all.
Richard Loosemore
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