{"product_id":"natural-complexity-paul-charbonneau-9780691170350","title":"Natural Complexity: A Modeling Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a short, hands-on introduction to the science of complexity using simple computational models of natural complex systems--with models and exercises drawn from physics, chemistry, geology, and biology. By working through the models and engaging in additional computational explorations suggested at the end of each chapter, readers very quickly develop an understanding of how complex structures and behaviors can emerge in natural phenomena as diverse as avalanches, forest fires, earthquakes, chemical reactions, animal flocks, and epidemic diseases. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNatural Complexity\u003c\/i\u003e provides the necessary topical background, complete source codes in Python, and detailed explanations for all computational models. Ideal for undergraduates, beginning graduate students, and researchers in the physical and natural sciences, this unique handbook requires no advanced mathematical knowledge or programming skills and is suitable for self-learners with a working knowledge of precalculus and high-school physics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSelf-contained and accessible, \u003ci\u003eNatural Complexity\u003c\/i\u003e enables readers to identify and quantify common underlying structural and dynamical patterns shared by the various systems and phenomena it examines, so that they can form their own answers to the questions of what natural complexity is and how it arises.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Charbonneau\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691170355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691170350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017","brand":"Paul Charbonneau","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981104480511,"sku":"9780691170350","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c38b2dc-47ea-4842-b0a6-a1cd6e6fb4de.jpg?v=1683253679","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/natural-complexity-paul-charbonneau-9780691170350","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}