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If you want to read more about how this works, I'd recommend Stuart Kauffman's "The origins of order". Be warned, it's not light reading, it's basically his Ph
by spacedcowboy 2y ago
If you want to read more about how this works, I'd recommend Stuart Kauffman's "The origins of order".
Be warned, it's not light reading, it's basically his PhD student's and his research, written up as a book, it is engaging though, and he leads you gently through the concepts - you do have to master one chapter before getting to the next though. Having said that, it does show how chaos and order interact with each other, and he then leads into the mechanism of evolution along the boundary of that interaction.
Spoiler: the boundary is where all the interesting stuff happens...
- lanstin 2y agohttps://www.amazon.com/Sync-Order-Emerges-Universe-Nature/dp/0786887214 https://www.amazon.com/Sync-Order-Emerges-Universe-Nature/dp... is also a good read on it. Perhaps not as technical as the above but has some interesting history on the discovery of these interesting mathematical truths.
- ants_everywhere 2y agoThis is the book I'm currently reading. I guess that's not so interesting a comment, but it's an old and pretty niche book so I'm surprised to see it mentioned on HN today. Anyway I agree Strogatz does a good job. He's both telling a good story and he also explains more of the mathematical ideas than a lot of books for popular audiences. He also has a podcast that's worth checking out.
- madcaptenor 2y agoI read it around when it came out and still remember it well - it's a good book! And Strogatz is excellent among popular mathematics writers.
- soulofmischief 2y agoFor anyone curious, this boundary is referred to as the edge of chaos. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_chaos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_chaos
- sdwr 2y agoJust ordered, thanks I haven't read a book in at least 3 years