Download or read book The Collapse of Chaos written by Ian Stewart and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2000-03-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do we live in a simple or a complex universe? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart explore the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour in nature through 'the collapse of chaos'. 'The most startling, thought-provoking book I've read all year. I was pleased to learn that most of the things I thought I knew were wrong' -- Terry Pratchett