TY - BOOK AU - JOHNSON,Neil TI - Simply complexity: a clear to complexity theory / SN - 9781851686308 PY - 2010/// CY - London : PB - Oneworld, KW - lemac KW - Complexitat (Filosofia) KW - Lógica KW - Ciència KW - Metodologia KW - Matemàtica KW - popin KW - FILOSOFÍA KW - PHILOSOPHY KW - CONOCIMIENTO KW - KNOWLEDGE KW - METODOLOGÍA KW - METHODOLOGY KW - SOCIOLOGÍA KW - SOCIOLOGY N1 - Inclou índex de continguts, glosari i referències bibliogràfiques [219 - 236] N2 - What do traffic jams, stock market crashes, and wars have in common? They are all explained using complexity, an unsolved puzzle that many researchers believe is the key to predicting - and ultimately solving-everything from terrorist attacks and pandemic viruses right down to rush hour traffic congestion. Complexity is considered by many to be the single most important scientific development since general relativity and it promises to make sense of no less than the very heart of the Universe. Using it, scientists can find order emerging from seemingly random interactions of all kinds, from something as simple as flipping coins through to more challenging problems such as the patterns in modern jazz, the growth of cancer tumours, and predicting shopping habits ER -