{"product_id":"the-science-of-the-new-vittorio-loreto-9780198792628","title":"The Science of the New","description":"Much like our everyday moments of novelty, innovations often catalyse subsequent breakthroughs, creating a chain of progress that can be traced across history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Science of the New\u003c\/em\u003e explores the dynamics of novelty and innovation. It originates from the observation that these two interrelated phenomena that shape human experience, from the ordinary encounters we have in daily life to the groundbreaking advancements in science, technology, and society, are two faces of the same medal. In other words, novelties and innovation can be described by the same underlying processes and their emergence obeys the same general statistical laws. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe construction of a solid mathematical framework to treat the phenomenologies related to the experience of the new represents a formidable challenge and a necessary one if we want to understand the world around us and be able to make predictions in an ever-changing environment and society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book provides a minimal toolkit to face this problem. Organised into three distinct parts, it begins by outlining the fundamental theoretical tools necessary for analysing how novelties and innovations emerge. It then delves into classical and contemporary models that explain the processes behind innovation, illustrating the deep relationship between several ideas that took birth in different fields and influenced one another. The final section provides empirical case studies, applying the discussed frameworks to real-world systems and showing how mathematical and computational methods can help us understand innovation in various contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vittorio Loreto,Vito D. P. Servedio,Francesca Tria\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 019879262X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198792628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 6.94w x 0.92d","brand":"Vittorio Loreto","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48743029309695,"sku":"9780198792628","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-science-of-the-new-vittorio-loreto-9780198792628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}