Ubiquity : the science of history-- or why the world is simpler than we think / Mark Buchanan.

By:

Buchanan, Mark

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers, c2001.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 273 p. : ill ; 25 cmISBN:

060960810X

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DDC classification:

530/.01 21

LOC classification:

QC6.4.C3 B83 2001

Summary: 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.

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First published: Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.

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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.

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