Rating: Not rated
Tags: Lang:en
Publisher: Penguin Adult
Added: March 28, 2020
Modified: March 28, 2020
Summary
'Gribbin takes us through the basics with his customary
talent for accessibility and clarity' Sunday Times The world around us can be a complex, confusing place.
Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate,
weather forecasters seldom seem to get it right – even
other people continue to baffle us. How do we make sense of it
all? In fact, John Gribbin reveals, our seemingly random universe
is actually built on simple laws of cause and effect that can
explain why, for example, just one vehicle braking can cause a
traffic jam; why wild storms result from a slight atmospheric
change; even how we evolved from the most basic materials. Like
a zen painting, a fractal image or the pattern on a butterfly's
wings, simple elements form the bedrock of a sophisticated
whole. Synthesizing chaos and complexity theory for the perplexed,
Deep Simplicity brilliantly illuminates the harmony underlying
our existence.