Reality Rules, Set

This Set contains: Reality Rules, Picturing the World in Mathematics, Volume 1, The Fundamentals by John Casti; Reality Rules, Picturing the World in Mathematics, Volume 2, The Frontier by John Casti

Strategies for Survival: Competition, Games and the Theory of Evolution.

The Analytical Engine: A System-Theoretic View of Brains, Minds and Mechanisms.

Taming Nature and Man: Control, Anticipation and Adaptation in Social and Biological Processes.

The Geometry of Human Affairs: Connective Structure in Art, Literature and Games of Chance.

The Mystique of Mechanism: Computation, Complexity and the Limits to Reason.

How Do We Know?: Myths, Models and Paradigms in the Creation of Beliefs.

Index.

Aus dem Inhalt:
VOLUME 1: THE WAYS OF MODELMAKING: Natural Systems and Formal Mathematical Representations;
CATASTROPHES, DYNAMICS AND LIFE: The Singularities of Ecological and Natural Resource Systems;
PATTERN AND THE EMERGENCE OF LIVING FORMS: Cellular Automata and Discrete Dynamics;
ORDER IN CHAOS: Variety and Pattern in the Flow of Fluids, Populations and Money.
VOLUME 2: STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL: Competition, games and the Theory of Evolution;
THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE: A System-Theoretic View of Brains, Minds and Mechanisms;
TAMING NATURE AND MAN: Control Anticipation and Adaptation in Social and Biological Processes;
THE GEOMETRY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS: Connective Structure in Art, Literature and Games of Chance;
THE MYSTIQUE OF MECHANISMS: Computation, Complexity and the Limits to Reason;
HOW DO WE KNOW?: Myths, Models and Paradigms in the Creation of Beliefs.

John L. Casti is an author, mathematician, and entrepreneur.