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- 2003-09-01
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- 9780226791180
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- Book Title
- Moment of Complexity : Emerging Network Culture
- Item Length
- 0.9in
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Publication Year
- 2003
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- English
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- Science, Philosophy
- Topic
- General, History
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- Item Weight
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- Number of Pages
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" The Moment of Complexity is a profoundly original work. In remarkable and insightful ways, Mark Taylor traces an entirely new way to view the evolution of our culture, detailing how information theory and the scientific concept of complexity can be used to understand recent developments in the arts and humanities. This book will ultimately be seen as a classic."-John L. Casti, Santa Fe Institute, author of G del: A Life of Logic, the Mind, and Mathematics The science of complexity accounts for that inscrutable mix of chaos and order that governs our natural world. Complexity explains how networks emerge and function, how species organize into ecosystems, how stars form into galaxies, and how just a few sequences of DNA can account for so many different life forms. Recently, the idea of complexity has taken the worlds of business and politics by storm. The concept is used to account for phenomena as varied as the behavior of the stock market, the response of voting populations, and the effects of risk management. Even Disney has used complexity theory to manage crowd control at its theme parks. Given the startling development of new information technologies, we now live in a moment of unprecedented complexity, an era in which change occurs faster than our ability to comprehend it. With The Moment of Complexity , Mark C. Taylor offers a timely map for this unfamiliar terrain opening in our midst, unfolding an original philosophy through a remarkable synthesis of science and culture. According to Taylor, complexity is not just a breakthrough scientific concept, but the defining quality of the post-Cold War era. The flux of digital currents swirling around us, he argues, has created a new network culture with its own distinctive logic and dynamic. Drawing on resources from information theory and evolutionary biology, Taylor explains the operation of complex adaptive systems in social and cultural processes and captures a whole new zeitgeist in the making. To appreciate the significance of our emerging network culture, he claims, we need not only to understand contemporary scientific and technological transformations, but also to explore the subtle influences of art, architecture, philosophy, religion, and higher education. The Moment of Complexity , then, is a remarkable work of cultural analysis on a scale rarely seen today. To follow its trajectory is to learn how we arrived at this critical moment in our culture, and to know where we might head in the twenty-first century.
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University of Chicago Press
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0226791181
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9780226791180
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Book Title
Moment of Complexity : Emerging Network Culture
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, History
Publication Year
2003
Genre
Science, Philosophy
Number of Pages
352 Pages
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Item Length
0.9in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.7in
Item Weight
18.5 Oz
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B105.C473t39 2003
Table of Content
List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction 1. From Grids to Networks Collapsing Walls The Edge of Chaos Grid Work Superficial Complexity Net Work 2. Critical Emergency Politics and Criticism Power and Structures Generational Gaps Digital Divide Decoding the Real 3. Strange Loops True Lies Machines and Death Beauty of Organisms Undecidable Openings 4. Noise in Formation Buzz of Information Information Ages Information and Communication Time and Uncertainty Shifty Static 5. Emerging Complexity Real Close Crystals and Smoke Implication of Complexity E-mergence Birds and Bees 6. Evolving Complexity Ant Smarts Complex Adaptive Systems E-volution Species of Origin Morphing Punctuation 7. Screening Information How This Book Is Being Written Channeling Experience Culturing Networks Viral Webs Cybergnosis Incarnational Networks Coda. The Currency of Education Practicing Theory Education Business Useful and Useless Education Critical Faculties Networking Education Notes Bibliography Index
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2003
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117
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21
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