Social science goes virtual p647 Mathematical models could help us re-engage with reality rather than trying to reinvent it.
Philip Ball reviews *Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life* by John H. Miller & Scott E. Page and *Generative Social Science: Studies in Agent Based Computational Modeling* by Joshua M. Epstein http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v448/n7154/full/448647a.html -- rec --
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