M. Mitchell Waldrop has his doctorate in elementary particle physics and is the author of Man-Made Minds. He spent ten years as a senior writer for Science magazine, where he is now a contributing correspondent.
Douglas R. Hofstadter author of Goetel, Esther, Bach One
comes away from Complexity both intellectually excited by
ideas and emotionally involved with the people struggling to
formulate them. This is a deep tale of science in the making.
The New York Times Book Review Lucidly shows physicists,
biologists, computer scientists and economists swapping metaphors
and reveling in the sense that epochal discoveries are just around
the corner....[Waldrop] has a special talent for relaying the
exhilaration of moments of intellectual insight.
The Washington Post If you liked Chaos, you'll love
Complexity. Waldrop creates the most exciting intellectual
adventure story of the year.
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