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Complexity: A Guided Tour
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A book introducing complexity theory in the context of the sciences, history, and society.
A book by Melanie Mitchell that positions the definition of complexity within the broader field of complex systems research.
Complexity: A Guided Tour is a book that provides an intimate tour of the sciences of complexity, a broad set of efforts that seek to explain how large-scale complex, organized, and adaptive behavior can emerge from simple interactions among myriad individuals. Based on the work at the Santa Fe Institute and drawing on interdisciplinary strategies, Melanie Mitchell explores complex systems across a range of biological, technological, and social phenomena.