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Thinking in Complexity

The Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind

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  • © 1996

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Authors:
  1. Klaus Mainzer

    1. Lehrstuhl für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Deutschland

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Introduction: From Linear to Nonlinear Thinking

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 1-13

  3. Complex Systems and the Evolution of Matter

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 15-75

  4. Complex Systems and the Evolution of Life

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 77-109

  5. Complex Systems and the Evolution of Mind-Brain

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 111-167

  6. Complex Systems and the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 169-241

  7. Complex Systems and the Evolution of Human Society

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 243-294

  8. Epilogue on Future, Science, and Ethics

    • Klaus Mainzer
    Pages 295-316

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 317-351
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About this book

Since the first edition sold out in less than a year, we now present the revised second edition of Mainzer's popular book. The theory of nonlinear complex systems has become a successful problem-solving approach in the natural sciences from laser physics, quantum chaos, and meteorology to computer simulations of cell growth in biology. It is now recognized that many of our social, ecological, and political problems are also of a global, complex, and nonlinear nature. And one of the most exciting contemporary topics is the idea that even the human mind is governed largely by the nonlinear dynamics of complex systems. In this wide-ranging but concise treatment, Prof. Mainzer discusses, in a nontechnical language, the common framework behind these endeavors. Emphasis is given to the evolution of new structures in natural and cultural systems and we see clearly how the new integrative approach can give insights not available from traditional reductionistic methods.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Lehrstuhl für Philosophie und Wissenschaftstheorie, Universität Augsburg, Augsburg, Deutschland

    Klaus Mainzer

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Thinking in Complexity

  • Book Subtitle: The Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind

  • Authors: Klaus Mainzer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03305-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1996

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-03305-0Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XII, 351

  • Topics: Complex Systems, Cell Biology, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

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