Ubiquity : the science of history-- or why the world is simpler than we think /
Buchanan, Mark.
Ubiquity : the science of history-- or why the world is simpler than we think / Mark Buchanan. - 1st American ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c2001. - 273 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
First published: Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.
Booklist. Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly.
Tells the story of the scientific discovery that there is a natural structure of instability woven into the fabric of the world that leads to catastrophes of all kinds--such as earthquakes, forest fires, and stock market crashes--and makes them impossible to predict.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
060960810X
2001028365
Causality (Physics)
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Causality (Physics)
Chaos (Science)
History--Philosophy.
Science--Philosophy.
QC6.4.C3 / B83 2001
530/.01
Ubiquity : the science of history-- or why the world is simpler than we think / Mark Buchanan. - 1st American ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c2001. - 273 p. : ill ; 25 cm.
First published: Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.
Booklist. Library Journal. Publisher's Weekly.
Tells the story of the scientific discovery that there is a natural structure of instability woven into the fabric of the world that leads to catastrophes of all kinds--such as earthquakes, forest fires, and stock market crashes--and makes them impossible to predict.
Adult Follett Library Resources.
060960810X
2001028365
Causality (Physics)
Pattern formation (Physical sciences)
Causality (Physics)
Chaos (Science)
History--Philosophy.
Science--Philosophy.
QC6.4.C3 / B83 2001
530/.01