Why Society is a Complex Matter : Meeting Twenty-first Century Challenges with a New Kind of Science
Society is complicated. But this book argues that this does not place it beyond the reach of a science that can help to explain and perhaps even to predict social behaviour. As a system made up of many interacting agents people, groups, institutions and governments, as well as physical and technolog...
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| Formaat: | Livre numérique |
| Taal: | Anglais |
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Berlin, Heidelberg :
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Editie: | 1. |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Why society is a complex matter, meeting twenty-first century challenges with a new kind of science, Philip Ball, Heidelberg, Springer, 2012, 1 vol. (XII-60 p.), 978-3-642-28999-6 |
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- Society: a Complex Problem On the Road: Predicting traffic Every Move You Make: Patterns of crowd movement Making Your Mind Up: Norms and decisions Broken Windows: The spread and control of crime The Social Web: Networks and their failures.- Spreading It Around: Mobility, disease and epidemics After the Crash: Economic and financial systems Love Thy Neighbour: How to foster cooperation Living Cities: Urban development as a complex system The Transformation of War: Modelling modern conflict Towards a Living Earth Simulator: The FuturICT Project