The Radical New Reality of Systems Science

For more on complex systems and networks see these websites:

Systems Innovation, Complexity Labs,  Santa Fe Institute

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For an extensive list of resources on the related science click here

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On-Line Resources:

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Chaos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVvS_tWel54

 

Complexity Theory

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71n4GSM1jhw&list=PLsJWgOB5mIMDRt8-DBLLVfh-XeKs2YAcg

 

https://www.youtube.com/user/ComplexityExplorer

 

 

Synchronization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFb32GALZCg

 

 

The Great Courses

Chaos Lecture:

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/chaos

 

Complexity Lecture:

https://www.thegreatcourses.com/courses/understanding-complexity 

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Left and Right Brain Neuroscience

Iain McGilcrhist   https://channelmcgilchrist.com/

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Books

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Iain McGilchrist on the 'two minds' of our bilateralized brain:

"The Master and His Emissary: The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World

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Stuart Kauffman, theoretical biologist and systems science pioneer

"The Reinvention of the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion"

"A World Beyond Physics: The Emergence and Evolution of Life"

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Books Introducing the Science

> Complexity: A Guided Tour, by Melanie Mitchell, 2011
> Simply Complexity: A Clear Guide to Complexity Theory, by Neil Johnson, 2010
> Two's Company, Three is Complexity, by Neil Johnson, 2007
> Networks: A Very Short Introduction, by Guido Caldarelli, Michele Catanzaro, 2012
> At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization & Complexity, by Stuart Kauffman, 1996
> Investigations: by Stuart Kauffman, 2000
> Understanding Complexity, by Scott E. Page, DVD-ROM, 2009
> Complexity: A Very Short Introduction, by John H. Holland, 2014
> Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos, by Roger Lewin, 1992
> Introducing Chaos: A Graphic Guide, by Ziauddin Sardar and Iwona Abrams,  2004
> Systems + Complexity-An Overview: An accessible Introduction to the New Area of Complex Systems, by      Joss James Colchester, 2016
> Nexus: Small Worlds and the Groundbreaking Science of Networks, by Mark Buchanan, 2003
> The Nonlinear Universe: Chaos, Emergence, Life, by Alwyn C. Scott, 2007
> Network Science, by Albert-L�szl� Barab�si (Author), M�rton P�sfai (Contributor), 2016
>Understanding Natural Phenomena: Self-Organization and Emergence in Complex Systems, by Vinod Wadhawan, 2017
> Diversity and Complexity (Primers in Complex Systems), by Scott E. Page, 2010
> Hidden Order: How Adaptation Builds Complexity, John Holland
> Emergence: From Chaos to Order, by John Holland, 1999
> Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems, by John Holland,

More Technical Books on the Science
> The End of Certainty, by Ilya Prigogine, 1997
> An Introduction to Complex Systems: Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics, by Paul Fieguth, 2017
> How Nature Works: the Science of Self-organized Criticality, by Per Bak, 1999
> Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems: A Primer, by Claudius Gros, 2013
> Principles of Systems Science , by George E. Mobus, Michael C. Kalton, 2015
> Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering, by Steven H. Strogatz, 2014
> Chemical Complexity: Self-Organization Processes in Molecular Systems, by Alexander S. Mikhailov and Gerhard Ertl ,2017
> The Self Organization of Disordered Systems: Examples of Self-Organization In Nature, Paul F. Kisak (editor) 2016
> From Cells to Societies: Models of Complex Coherent Action, by Alexander S. Mikhailov, Vera Calenbuhr, 2006
> Intelligent Complex Adaptive Systems, by Ang Yang (Author, Editor), Yin Shan (Editor), 2008
> The Structure of Complex Networks: Theory and Applications, by Ernesto Estrada, 2016
> The Structure and Dynamics of Networks, by Mark Newman, Albert-L�szl� Barab�si, Duncan J. Watts, 2006
> Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks, by Alain Barrat, Marc Barth�lemy, Alessandro Vespignani,  2012
> Emergent Complexity from Nonlinearity, in Physics, Engineering and the Life Sciences, byGiorgio Mantica, 2017
> Network Science : Complexity in Nature and Technology, Ernesto Estrada, 2016
> Networks of Networks: the Last Frontier of Complexity, Gregorio D'Agostino, 2014
> Graph Theory and Complex Networks: An Introduction, by Maarten van Steen, 2010
> Symmetry And Complexity: The Spirit And Beauty Of Nonlinear Science, by Klaus Mainzer, 2005
> Networks: An Introduction, by Mark Newman, 2010
> Evolving Complexity: Time's Arrows and the Physics of Emergence, by Harrison Crecraft, 2017

Books that Elaborate Implications of the Science

In General
> Netologies: A Philosophy of Networks for a Hyperconnected Age, Christopher Vitale
> Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software by Steven Johnson 2001
> Emergence, Complexity, and Self-Organization: Precursors and Prototypes, Alicia Juarrero, Carl A. Rubino (editors), 2010
> There Is No Theory of Everything: A Physics Perspective on Emergence, by Lars Q. English, 2017
> The Emergence of Everything: How the World Became Complex, by Harold J. Morowitz, 2008
> Networks of Echoes, Bruce J. West, 2014

In Biology and Ecology
> Signs Of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology, by Ricard Sole and Brian Goodwin, 2000
> A Third Window: Natural Life beyond Newton and Darwin, by Robert E. Ulanowicz, 2009
> How the Leopard Changed Its Spots : The Evolution of Complexity, by Brian Goodwin , 2001
> Beyond Mechanism: Putting Life Back Into Biology, edited by Brian G. Henning and Adam Scarfe, 2015
> The Origin and Nature of Life on Earth: The Emergence of the Fourth Geosphere, by Eric Smith and Harold J. Morowitz, 2016
> The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems by Fritjof Capra 1997
> The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision, by Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi, 2014
> Introduction to Biosemiotics: The New Biological Synthesis, by Marcello Barbieri, 2008
by Marcello Barbieri
> Network-Oriented Modeling, by Jan Treur, 2014
> The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution, by Stuart A. Kauffman, 1999
> Purpose and Desire: What Makes Something "Alive" and Why Modern Darwinism Has Failed to Explain It,
by J. Scott Turner, 2017

In Psychology
> The New Science of Consciousness: Exploring the Complexity of Brain, Mind, and Self, by Paul L. Nunez, 2016
> Chaos and Complexity in Psychology: The Theory of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems, by Stephen J. Guastello (Editor), Matthijs Koopmans (Editor), David Pincus (Editor) 2008
> Mind and Emergence: From Quantum to Consciousness, by Phillip Clayton, 2004
> Neither Ghost nor Machine: The Emergence and Nature of Selves, by Jeremy Sherman (Author), Terrence Deacon (Foreword), 2017
> Self-Organizing Complexity in Psychological Systems, by Craig Piers (Editor), John P. Muller (Editor), Joseph Brent (Editor),2007
> The Catalyzing Mind: Beyond Models of Causality, by Kenneth R. Cabell, 2013
> Dynamics in Action: Intentional Behavior as a Complex System, by Alicia Juarrero, 2007
 
In Philosophy
> Networkologies: A Philosophy of Networks for a Hyperconnected Age,  by Christopher Vitale, 2014
> Thinking Complexity: Complexity & Philosophy Vol 1, by P. Cilliers (Editor), 2007
> Critical Complexity: Collected Essays, by Paul Cilliers, Rika Preiser (edtor), 2016
> Emergence in Science and Philosophy, by Antonella Corradini (Editor), Timothy O'Connor (Editor), 2013
> Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy, by Carl Gillett, 2016
> Emergence, by Paul Humphreys, 2016
> The Metaphysics of Emergence, by R. Campbell, 2015
> Biosemiotics: An Examination into the Signs of Life and the Life of Signs (Approaches to Postmodernity), by Jesper Hoffmeyer and Donald Favareau,  2009
> The Whole Creature: Complexity, Biosemiotics and the Evolution of Culture, by Wendy Wheeler, 2006
> Life as Its Own Designer: Darwin's Origin and Western Thought (Biosemiotics), by Anton Markoš and Filip Grygar, 2011
> The Orders of Nature, by Lawrence Cahoone, 2014
> Life as Its Own Designer: Darwin's Origin and Western Thought, by Anton Markos, Filip Grygar, L�szl� Hajnal, 2009
> Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems, by Paul Cilliers, 1998


In Art and Aesthetics
> Art in the Age of Emergence, by Michael J. Pearce, 2015
> The Biologist's Mistress: Rethinking Self-Organization in Art, Literature, and Nature, by V N Alexander, 2013
> Network Aesthetics, by Patrick Jagoda, 2016
> Networks (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art), by Lars Bang Larsen (Editor), 2014
> Systems (Whitechapel: Documents of Contemporary Art), by Edward A. Shanken (Editor), 2015
> The Biologist's Mistress: Rethinking Self-Organization in Art, Literature, and Nature, by Victoria N. Alexander , 2011
> Art in the Age of Emergence (2nd Ed),  by Michael Pearce, 2017
> The Moment of Complexity: The Emerging Network Culture, by Mark C. Taylor, 2001

In Culture and Society
> Unsimple Truths: Science, Complexity, and Policy, by Sandra D. Mitchell, 2009, by Sandra D. Mitchell
> A Crude Look at the Whole: The Science of Complex Systems in Business, Life, and Society, by John H. Miller, 2016
> The Whole Creature: Complexity, Biosemiotics and the Evolution of Culture, by Wendy Wheeler, 2006
> Why Society is a Complex Matter: Meeting 21st Century Challenges with a New Kind of Science, by Phillip Ball, 2012
> Complexity Science and World Affairs, by Walter C. Clemens Jr. , 2014
> Complexity Theory and the Social Sciences: The state of the Art, by David Byrne and Gillian Callaghan ,2013
> Complexity, Science and Society, by Jan Bogg, Robert Geyer, 2007
> Of Ants and Men: The Unexpected Side Effects of Complexity in Society, by David G. Green, 2014
> Self-Organization and Society (Agent-Based Social Systems), by Takatoshi Imada, 2008
> 43 Visions For Complexity, Stefan Thurner (editor), 2016
> Qualitative Complexity: Ecology, Cognitive Processes, and the Re-Emergence of Structures in Post-Humanist Social Theory, John Smith, Chris Jenks, 2007
> Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World, by David Easley, Jon Kleinberg, 2010
> The Square and The Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook, Nial Ferguson, 2018

In Ecological Sustainability
> The Hidden Connections: A Science for Sustainable Living  by Fritjof Capra 2004
> Complexity Theory for a Sustainable Future, by Jon Norberg (Author), Graeme Cumming (Author), 2008
> A Complexity Approach to Sustainability: Theory and Application, by Angela Espinosa and Jon Walker, 2011
> Complexity and Sustainability (Studies in Ecological Economics), by Jennifer Wells, 2014
> A Complexity Approach to Sustainability:Theory and Application, by Angela Espinosa, Jon Walker, 2017
> Systems and Models: Complexity, Dynamics, Evolution, Sustainability, by Hartmut Bossel, 2007
> Resilience Thinking: Sustaining Ecosystems and People in a Changing World, by Brian Walker  &‎ David Salt (
> Panarchy: Understanding Transformations in Human and Natural Systems, Lance H. Gunderson (Editor),‎ C. S. Holling (Editor)

In Climate Change:
> Systems Practice: How to Act in a Climate Change World, by Ray Ison, 2010
> Climate and Ecosystems (Princeton Primers in Climate), by David Schimel, 2013

In Education
> Complexity and the Human Experience: Modeling Complexity in the Humanities and Social Sciences,
by Paul A. Youngman (Editor), Mirsad Hadzikadic (Editor) 2014
> Complexity and Education, by Brent Davis, Dennis Sumara, 200�

As Natural Mystery
> Reinventing the Sacred: A New View of Science, Reason, and Religion by Stuart A. Kauffman, 2008
> The Biologist's Mistress: Rethinking Self-Organization in Art, Literature, and Nature, by Victoria N. Alexander , 2011
> A God That Could be Real: Spirituality, Science, and the Future of Our Planet, by Nancy Elen Abrams, 2016

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