Complex Adaptive Systems (12 books)

A list for popular and not-so-popular but mostly non-technical books about the 'complex adaptive systems' approach to biology, economics, social systems, ...

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1	Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos by M. Mitchell Waldrop 4.05 avg rating — 3,114 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Omarm de Chaos by Jan Rotmans 3.75 avg rating — 352 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Order Out of Chaos: Man's New Dialogue with Nature by Ilya Prigogine 4.05 avg rating — 631 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Complexiteit en contingentie: Een kritische inleiding tot de sociologie van Niklas Luhmann by Tannelie Blom really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Complexity: A Very Short Introduction by John H. Holland 3.51 avg rating — 487 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	At Home in the Universe: The Search for the Laws of Self-Organization and Complexity by Stuart A. Kauffman 4.02 avg rating — 1,428 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Critical Transitions in Nature and Society by Marten Scheffer 4.21 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Luhmann Explained: From Souls to Systems by Hans-Georg Moeller 4.28 avg rating — 71 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Introduction to Systems Theory by Niklas Luhmann 4.14 avg rating — 134 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Tree of Knowledge: The Biological Roots of Human Understanding by Humberto R. Maturana 4.20 avg rating — 1,309 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Autopoiesis and Cognition: The Realization of the Living (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, Vol. 42) by Humberto R. Maturana 4.28 avg rating — 330 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Le Macroscope: Vers Une Vision Globale (Points ; 80) by Joël de Rosnay 3.95 avg rating — 74 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars