Complexity List LO28178

From: Wirth, Ross (RWIRTH@citgo.com)
Date: 04/08/02

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Replying to LO28145 --

It's hard to know where to start, but I will offer these recommendations:

Books (a couple of classics)
- Gleick, James. "Chaos: Making a new science"
- Wheatley, Margaret. "Leadership and the new science"

Web sites
Brint
http://www.brint.com/Systems.htm

Judy Petre gives a good overview plus other links
http://www.wfu.edu/~petrejh4/chaosind.htm

Principia Cybernetica goes a bit deeper
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/COMPGROW.html

>Secondly, I would ask Ross for a basic primer into complexity. I have
>usually got lost in the detail of most books I have tackled.

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