Complexity Books

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Complexity: A Guided Tour Complexity: A Guided Tour (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.11 — 3,630 ratings — published 2009
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Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 3,210 ratings — published 1992
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Chaos: Making a New Science Chaos: Making a New Science (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 41,885 ratings — published 1987
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Thinking In Systems: A Primer Thinking In Systems: A Primer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 24,070 ratings — published 2008
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At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 1,450 ratings — published 1995
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Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.95 — 3,591 ratings — published 2001
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Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 3,339 ratings — published 2003
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Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 462 ratings — published 2007
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The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics The Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,772 ratings — published 2006
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Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 5,271 ratings — published 2002
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.29 — 53,640 ratings — published 1979
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Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 59,293 ratings — published 2012
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Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 390 ratings — published 1995
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How Nature Works: The Science of Self-organized Criticality How Nature Works: The Science of Self-organized Criticality (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.02 — 350 ratings — published 1996
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A New Kind of Science A New Kind of Science (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.63 — 2,207 ratings — published 2002
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ORIGINS OF ORDER: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution ORIGINS OF ORDER: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 283 ratings — published 1993
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.96 — 124,188 ratings — published 2007
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Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.51 — 477 ratings — published 2007
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The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.84 — 1,814 ratings — published 1994
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Diversity and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems) Diversity and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems)
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avg rating 4.12 — 207 ratings — published 2010
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Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,516 ratings — published 2015
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Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,549 ratings — published 2004
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The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 807 ratings — published 2014
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The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.04 — 17,389 ratings — published 2011
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Emergence: From Chaos To Order Emergence: From Chaos To Order (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 271 ratings — published 1998
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The (Mis)Behavior of Markets The (Mis)Behavior of Markets
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avg rating 4.09 — 6,227 ratings — published 1997
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Understanding Complexity Understanding Complexity
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avg rating 4.15 — 912 ratings — published 2009
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Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,550 ratings — published 1994
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Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, and the Economic World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.22 — 1,733 ratings — published 1992
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The Fractal Geometry of Nature The Fractal Geometry of Nature (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 1,297 ratings — published 1977
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The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,946 ratings — published 1996
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A Crude Look at the Whole: The Science of Complex Systems in Business, Life, and Society A Crude Look at the Whole: The Science of Complex Systems in Business, Life, and Society (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.68 — 204 ratings — published 2016
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Order Out of Chaos: Man's New Dialogue with Nature Order Out of Chaos: Man's New Dialogue with Nature (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 659 ratings — published 1984
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The Evolution of Cooperation The Evolution of Cooperation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.25 — 2,413 ratings — published 1984
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Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto)
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avg rating 4.08 — 72,905 ratings — published 2001
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Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being Notes on Complexity: A Scientific Theory of Connection, Consciousness, and Being (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.98 — 1,644 ratings — published 2023
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The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small The Systems Bible: The Beginner's Guide to Systems Large and Small (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.99 — 1,077 ratings — published 1977
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Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 321 ratings — published 1992
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Introduction to the Theory of Complex Systems Introduction to the Theory of Complex Systems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 46 ratings — published
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General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (Revised Edition) General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications (Revised Edition)
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avg rating 3.88 — 445 ratings — published 1969
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Complexity: A Very Short Introduction Complexity: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.51 — 509 ratings — published 2014
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Think Complexity: Complexity Science and Computational Modeling Think Complexity: Complexity Science and Computational Modeling (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 247 ratings — published 2009
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Complexity and the Economy Complexity and the Economy (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 100 ratings — published 2014
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Signals and Boundaries: Building Blocks for Complex Adaptive Systems Signals and Boundaries: Building Blocks for Complex Adaptive Systems (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 102 ratings — published 2012
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Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.02 — 1,742 ratings — published 1989
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The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos, and the New Laws of Nature The End of Certainty: Time, Chaos, and the New Laws of Nature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as complexity)
avg rating 3.92 — 458 ratings — published 1996
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Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.30 — 1,098 ratings — published 2010
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Joyce Carol Oates
“The ideal art, the noblest of art: working with the complexities of life, refusing to simplify, to "overcome" doubt.”
Joyce Carol Oates, The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982

“It would be better to dump the whole stinking system and take the consequences”
Theodore J. Kaczynski, Industrial Society and Its Future

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