Cosmic evolution leads from symmetry to complexity by symmetry breaking and phase transitions. The emergence of new order and structure in nature and society is explained by physical, chemical, biological, social and economic self-organization, according to the laws of nonlinear dynamics. All these dynamical systems are considered computational systems processing information and entropy. Are symmetry and complexity only useful models of science or are they universals of reality? Symmetry and Complexity discusses the fascinating insights gained from natural, social and computer sciences, philosophy and the arts. With many diagrams and pictures, this book illustrates the spirit and beauty of nonlinear science. In the complex world of globalization, it strongly argues for unity in diversity.
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This outstanding book is a general overview of the notion of symmetry and its many connections to the ideas of complexity. -- Zentralblatt MATH
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Professor Klaus Mainzer is chair for Philosophy of Science and director of the Institute of Interdisciplinary Informatics at the University of Augsburg. He is chairman of the German Society of Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics, and a member of several national and international interdisciplinary institutions and academies. He is the author of many books with international translations and a member of the editorial boards of several journals.
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- On Growth and Form: The Complete Revised Edition (Dover Books on Biology) by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson on page 207, and Back Matter
- Symmetry in Physics by Jame Philip Elliott in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith on page 241, and Back Matter
- Structural Stability and Morphogenesis: An Outline of a General Theory of Models by Rene Thom on page 99, and Back Matter
- An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith on page 241, and Back Matter
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