What do you think?
Rate this book
An Introduction to Complex Systems: Society, Ecology, and Nonlinear Dynamics
Libro usado en buenas condiciones, por su antiguedad podria contener señales normales de uso
- GenresBiology
358 pages, Hardcover
Published December 16, 2016
8 people are currently reading
70 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 of 1 review
August 30, 2020
For a student who is reading the text to accompany Professor Fieguth's course, this is a five-star experience. It serves up an elegant introduction into the applied science of complexity, specifically with respect to complex societal and ecological problems.
The mathematical theory requires an undergraduate-level understanding of linear algebra to decipher, but this is appropriate for the audience of the text. For those who may be bogged down by the math, Prof. Fieguth gives ample examples, case studies, and suggestions for further reading that would be enough to allow a reader with no post-secondary education to grasp the big ideas.
It's beautiful, it's elegant, and the ideas are filling a void that I didn't know I had in my SYDE education. We've gotten a bit of systems theory in our design courses, but no course and text has so directly given us the theory and immediately applied it with the technical rigor we would expect of an engineering elective. If you're a systems student whose academic palate is remotely intrigued by flavours such as climate dynamics, urban sprawl, remote sensing, or ecological nutrient flow, accept this as your holy text for one winter term and you won't regret it.
Professor Fieguth, thank you for your work on the course, on the text, and in the SYDE department!
The mathematical theory requires an undergraduate-level understanding of linear algebra to decipher, but this is appropriate for the audience of the text. For those who may be bogged down by the math, Prof. Fieguth gives ample examples, case studies, and suggestions for further reading that would be enough to allow a reader with no post-secondary education to grasp the big ideas.
It's beautiful, it's elegant, and the ideas are filling a void that I didn't know I had in my SYDE education. We've gotten a bit of systems theory in our design courses, but no course and text has so directly given us the theory and immediately applied it with the technical rigor we would expect of an engineering elective. If you're a systems student whose academic palate is remotely intrigued by flavours such as climate dynamics, urban sprawl, remote sensing, or ecological nutrient flow, accept this as your holy text for one winter term and you won't regret it.
Professor Fieguth, thank you for your work on the course, on the text, and in the SYDE department!
Displaying 1 of 1 review