Deep Simplicity

The world around us can be a complex, confusing place. Earthquakes happen without warning, stock markets fluctuate, weather forecasters seldom seem to get it right - even other people continue to baffle us. How do we make sense of it all? This title illuminates the harmony underlying our existence.

Reviews

"Exhilarating... Gribbin uses a step-by-step historical method to ground contemporary thought in classical physics' the Daily Telegraph 'Gribbin...takes us through the basics of all this with his customary talent for accessibility and clarity' the Sunday Times '(Gribbin) breathes life into the core ideas of complexity science, and argues convincingly that the basic laws, even in biology, will ultimately turn out to be simple' Nature'"What makes Deep Simplicity different from other books on complexity theory is that Gribbin ! goes back to the fundamentals'Daily Telegraph 'Gribbin takes us through the basics with his customary talent for accessibility and clarity'Sunday Times 'One is left feeling even more - if this is possible - filled with admiration for science and delight at the world it investigates'Financial Times 'Gribbin breathes life into the core ideas of complexity science'Nature'