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.