I want to bring your attention to a collaborator of mine’s book which though very salient some three years ago, has in light of events in the interim, a more heightened sense of urgency. chaos theoryextremesLevy walksNetwork Sciencenon-linear dynamicsTed Lewis
My Cousin, Ludwig Wittgenstein — a lovely memoir (see family tree below). The first extract below (The New Yorker) reminded me of the Percy legacy (second extract). Wittgenstein, once asked a pupil if he had ever had any tragedies in his life. The pupil, evidently well trained, inquired what he meant by “tragedy.” “I mean suicides,…
Check out this just released book by a collaborator, the most excellent Ted Lewis. Life in the 21st century is a long-tailed random walk — Levy walks — through extreme events of unprecedented impact. It is an exciting time to be alive. chaos theorycomplexityLevy walksNetwork Sciencenetwork theoryNonlinear DynamicsTed Lewis
Here’s an interesting survey article. My regular collaborator (a pathologist, special adivisor for planning for a large medical school and a complexity theorist — all one person I might add) has been subtly implementing such an approach for many years. What is unusual (and I think right) about the graphic below is that though all…
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