The Dreams of Reason: The Computer and the Rise of the Sciences of Complexity
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In the provocative, enlightening style of James Gleick's Chaos, The Dreams of Reason reveals how the conjunction of the revolutionary new sciences and computer technology is changing our view of reality.
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