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The Hidden Structure of Interaction - From Neurons to Culture Patterns (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
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The Hidden Structure of Interaction - From Neurons to Culture Patterns (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
Series: Emerging Communication: Studies in New Technologies and Practices in Communication, v. 7
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The idea of complexity states that most things tend to organize
themselves into recurring patterns, even when these patterns are
not immediately visible to an external observer. The general name
for the scientific field concerned with the behaviour over time of
a dynamic system is "complexity theory". The dynamic systems -
systems capable of changing over time - are the focus of this
approach, and its concern is with the predictability of their
behaviour. The systems of interest to the complexity theory, under
certain conditions, perform in regular, predictable ways; under
other conditions they exhibit behaviour in which regularity and
predictability is lost. The concepts of stable and unstable
behaviour are part of the traditional repertoire of physical
science. What is novel is the concept of something in between -
chaotic behaviour. For chaos here we refer to systems which display
behaviour that, though it has certain regularities, defies
prediction. How does the order emerge from the chaos? How can we
predict the behaviour of a chaotic system? Over the last 30 years
and more, trying to identify the hidden patterns behind chaotic
behaviour became the focus of attention in a number of scientific
disciplines. These range as widely as astronomy, chemistry,
evolutionary biology, geology and psychology.
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