The dreams of reason : the computer and the rise of the sciences of complexity Export

@book{RefWorks:308, abstract = {Heinz Pagels's description of a network in The Dreams of Reason suggests why it has such appeal to those leery of hierarchical or linear models. According to Pagels, "A network has no 'top' or `bottom.' Rather it has a plurality of connections that increase the possible interactions between the components of the network. There is no central executive authority that oversees the system" (20). Furthermore, as Pagels also explains, the network functions in various physical sciences as a powerful theoretical model capable of describing -- and hence offering research agenda for -- a range of phenomena at enormously different temporal and spatial scales. The model of the network has captured the imaginations of those working on subjects as apparently diverse as immunology, evolution, and the brain}, address = {New York}, author = {Heinz}, citeulike-article-id = {2453149}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {Catalog Record - https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1585592&DB=local}, comment = {Includes index.Bibliography: p. [335]-341.}, keywords = {and, civilizationscience--philosophycomplexity, computers, philosophy, social\_networks}, posted-at = {2008-03-01 18:02:50}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Simon and Schuster}, title = {The dreams of reason : the computer and the rise of the sciences of complexity}, url = {Catalog Record - https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1585592&DB=local}, year = {1988} }

TY - BOOK ID - RefWorks:308 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2453149 N2 - Heinz Pagels's description of a network in The Dreams of Reason suggests why it has such appeal to those leery of hierarchical or linear models. According to Pagels, "A network has no 'top' or `bottom.' Rather it has a plurality of connections that increase the possible interactions between the components of the network. There is no central executive authority that oversees the system" (20). Furthermore, as Pagels also explains, the network functions in various physical sciences as a powerful theoretical model capable of describing -- and hence offering research agenda for -- a range of phenomena at enormously different temporal and spatial scales. The model of the network has captured the imaginations of those working on subjects as apparently diverse as immunology, evolution, and the brain AD - New York TI - The dreams of reason : the computer and the rise of the sciences of complexity PB - Simon and Schuster KW - and KW - civilizationscience--philosophycomplexity KW - computers KW - philosophy KW - social_networks N1 - Includes index.Bibliography: p. [335]-341. AU - Heinz PY - 1988/// UR - Catalog Record - https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=1585592&DB=local ER -