An electrifying introduction to complexity theory, the science of
how complex systems behave, that explains the interconnectedness of
all things and that Deepak Chopra says, “will change the way you
understand yourself and the universe.” Nothing in the universe is
more complex than life. Throughout the skies, in oceans, and across
lands, life is endlessly on the move. In its myriad forms—from
cells to human beings, social structures, and ecosystems--life is
open-ended, evolving, unpredictable, yet adaptive and
self-sustaining. Complexity theory addresses the mysteries that
animate science, philosophy, and metaphysics: how this teeming
array of existence, from the infinitesimal to the infinite, is in
fact a seamless living whole and what our place, as conscious
beings, is within it. Physician, scientist, and philosopher Neil
Theise makes accessible this “theory of being,” one of the
pillars of modern science, and its holistic view of human
existence. He notes the surprising underlying connections within a
universe that is itself one vast complex system—between ant
colonies and the growth of forests, cancer and economic bubbles,
murmurations of starlings and crowds walking down the street. The
implications of complexity theory are profound, providing insight
into everything from the permeable boundaries of our bodies to the
nature of consciousness. Notes on Complexity is an
invitation to trade our limited, individualistic view for the
expansive perspective of a universe that is dynamic, cohesive, and
alive—a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Theise takes us
to the exhilarating frontiers of human knowledge and in the process
restores wonder and meaning to our experience of the everyday.
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