On December 19, the SFI Press published Volume 4 of Foundational Papers in Complexity Science. Following the publication of Volumes 1 and 2 in May and Volume 3 in September, this concluding book contains papers published between 1989 and 2000 — an era when complex-systems science had become a fledgling field of study in its own right. Hardcover and paperback versions of each book are available globally at cost; they are not available as ebooks due to electronic reprint rights.
Read MoreThe Santa Fe Institute is gifting a set of Foundational Papers in Complexity Science books to each recipient of the Complex System Society’s upcoming Emerging Awards. The three winners will be announced during the next Conference on Complex Systems in Exeter, UK, in September.
Read MoreWhen Claude Shannon wrote “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” in 1948, he was known as a mathematician and an electrical engineer. From this extraordinarily influential paper — cited more than 155,000 times — he would come to be called the “father of information theory.” Today, we see in him the hallmarks of an early complexity scientist.
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