In Complexity and Postmodernism, Paul Cilliers explores the idea of complexity in the light of contemporary perspectives from philosophy and science. Cilliers offers us a unique approach to understanding complexity and computational theory by integrating postmodern theory (like that of Derrida and Lyotard) into his discussion. Complexity and Postmodernism is an exciting and an ...(展开全部)

This book presents nine innovative methods to think outside the box and solve complex system problems. "Managing Complex Systems" provides specific tools and guidance needed to be a more creative and innovative thinker. Following the author's methodology, the reader will be better able to devise and implement nontraditional solutions to seemingly intractable complex problems. B...(展开全部)

An overarching framework for comparing and steering complex adaptive systems is developed through understanding the mechanisms that generate their intricate signal/boundary hierarchies. Complex adaptive systems (cas), including ecosystems, governments, biological cells, and markets, are characterized by intricate hierarchical arrangements of boundaries and signals. In ecosystem...(展开全部)

Edward Crawley是俄罗斯莫斯科斯科尔科沃科学与技术学院的校长，也是麻省理工学院航空航天学及工程系统学教授。他从麻省理工学院获得航空与航天专业的学士学位及硕士学位，并获得航空航天结构专业的博士学位。Crawley教授是美国航天航空学会及英国皇家航空学会的会员，也是瑞典皇家工程科学院、英国皇家工程学院、中国工程院及美国国家工程院的成员。 Bruce Cameron是咨询公司Technology Strategy Partners的创始人，也是MIT System Architecture Lab的董事。Cameron博士从多伦多大学获得学士学位，从麻省理工学院获得硕士学位。Cameron博士在麻省理工学院的斯隆管理学院及工程学院讲授系统架构与技术策略课程，是多伦多大学董事会的前成员。 Daniel Selva是康奈尔大学机械与航天工程系的副教...(展开全部)

Complex adaptive systems (cas), including ecosystems, governments, biological cells, and markets, are characterized by intricate hierarchical arrangements of boundaries and signals. In ecosystems, for example, niches act as semi-permeable boundaries, and smells and visual patterns serve as signals; governments have departmental hierarchies with memoranda acting as signals; and ...(展开全部)

弗里德里希·克拉默，1923年生，1950年起任海德堡大学讲师，1959年任达姆施塔特大学有机化学教授，1962～1991年任马克斯·普朗克实验医学研究所所长，同时任不伦瑞克大学和格丁根大学名誉教授，著有《美的自然——美的形式动力学》、《沿山脊前行——艺术的混沌和时间的秩序》等16部著作。

'It is great to see the re-publication of the classic Consumer Culture and Postmodernism. The extensive new material is erudite, informative and important, particularly locating consumer culture in the context of global climate change and postmodernism within a framing that seriously displaces the 'west' from centre-stage' - John Urry, Lancaster University The first edition of ...(展开全部)

In this provocative and timely book, John Docker takes his readers on an intellectual adventure. The journey includes an introductory guided tour of the history of modernism, consideration of the development of postmodernism, explanation of the difference between structuralism and poststructuralism and discussion of the debates and conflicts around each. Along the way readers w...(展开全部)

克劳斯·迈因策尔（Klaus Mainzer），德国科学哲学家。现为慕尼黑工业大学教授。在复杂系统、非线性动力学等领域多有建树，著有《复杂性思维》《大自然的对称性》《对称与复杂》等。