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Simplexity: Simplifying Principles for a Complex World (An Editions Odile Jacob Book)

Simplexity: Simplifying Principles for a Complex World (An Editions Odile Jacob Book)

Simplexity: Simplifying Principles for a Complex World (An Editions Odile Jacob
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Simplexity: Simplifying Principles for a Complex World (An Editions Odile Jacob Book) Hardback - 2012

by Berthoz, Alain

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  • Title Simplexity: Simplifying Principles for a Complex World (An Editions Odile Jacob Book)
  • Author Berthoz, Alain
  • Binding Hardback
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 265
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
  • Publication date 2012-01
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0300169345.G
  • ISBN 9780300169348 / 0300169345
  • Weight 1.01 lbs (0.46 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.41 x 5.86 x 0.96 in (21.36 x 14.88 x 2.44 cm)
  • Category Psychology
  • Library of Congress subjects Science, Simplicity
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011015858
  • Dewey Decimal Code 003
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

In this book a noted physiologist and neuroscientist introduces the concept of simplexity, the set of solutions living organisms find that enable them to deal with information and situations, while taking into account past experiences and anticipating future ones. Such solutions are new ways of addressing problems so that actions may be taken more quickly, more elegantly, and more efficiently.

In a sense, the history of living organisms may be summed up by their remarkable ability to find solutions that avoid the world's complexity by imposing on it their own rules and functions. Evolution has resolved the problem of complexity not by simplifying but by finding solutions whose processes--though they can sometimes be complex--allow us to act in the midst of complexity and of uncertainty. Nature can inspire us by making us realize that simplification is never simple and requires instead that we choose, refuse, connect, and imagine, in order to act in the best possible manner. Such solutions are already being applied in design and engineering and are significant in biology, medicine, economics, and the behavioral sciences.

About the author

Alain Berthoz is professor of physiology emeritus at the Collge de France, where he heads the Laboratory of the Physiology of Perception and Action. He lives in Paris. Giselle Weiss is an American freelance editor and translator based in Basel, Switzerland.

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