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Book Title: Complexity : the Emerging Science AT the EDGE of Order and Chaos
Item Length: 8.4in.
Item Height: 1in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Mitchell M. Waldrop
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Chaotic Behavior in Systems, General, Research & Methodology
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Year: 1993
Genre: Science, Philosophy
Item Weight: 13.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 384 Pages