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The Cosmic Code
By Heinrich Pagels Every time I tried to read this book, I got bogged down at
Planck's Constant. Then I started reading it in the middle, at Bell's Theorem, and read forwards or
backwards depending on where my curiosity led me.
Who's Afraid of Schrodinger's Cat?
By Ian Marshall and Danah Zohar The sub-title speaks for itself:
"An A-to-Z Guide to All the New Science Ideas You Need to Keep Up with the New Thinking."
Great idea for a book, great execution. Warning to physicists: don't read if Roger Penrose
makes your blood boil.
Chaos: Making a New Science
By James Glieck This is the first science book I ever read. You can imagine
how good it is that it turned me on to the whole subject in such a big way.
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
By M. Mitchell Waldrop The most interesting thing for me was that the
"new economics" arose from and is ideologically aligned with complexity theory. This book explained all.
Out of Control
By Kevin Kelly I actually didn't use this as a source because I need to start
from the actual science. But what's brilliant about this book is that Kevin Kelly so fully understands
the new sciences of complexity and chaos, he doesn't have to refer to it. He can go right to the new
understanding of culture, society, and the market that arise from it.
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