Coping with uncertainty : insights from the new sciences of chaos, self-organization, and complexity

Title
  1. Coping with uncertainty : insights from the new sciences of chaos, self-organization, and complexity / Uri Merry ; illustrations by Natali Kassavin.
Published by
  1. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1995.
Author
  1. Merry, Uri.

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Description
  1. ix, 209 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  1. Centre for Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems
  2. Uncertainty > Social aspects
  3. Complexity (Philosophy)
  4. Social change
  5. Chaotic behavior in systems
  6. Chaostheorie
  7. Komplexität
  8. Komplexitätstheorie
  9. Selbst organisierendes System
  10. Sozialer Wandel
  11. Sozialwissenschaften
  12. Soziologie
  13. Ungewissheit
  14. Ciencias humanas e sociais
  15. Risk > Sociological aspects
Contents
  1. Ch. 1. What Is Chaos? -- Ch. 2. Order and Science -- Ch. 3. The New Science of Chaos -- Ch. 4. The Science of Self-Organization -- Ch. 5. The Science of Complexity -- Ch. 6. The Complexity Spiral -- Ch. 7. The Technological Catalyst -- Ch. 8. The Shifting Eras -- Ch. 9. The Adaptation Crisis -- Ch. 10. Living with Uncertainty -- Ch. 11. Transforming Ourselves -- Ch. 12. The Coming Era -- Ch. 13. The Self-Organizing Universe -- Ch. 14. Human Agency in Evolution
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-204) and index.