Selected Readings on the Complexity Sciences


Chaos. Making a new Science. James Gleick. 1991, London: Cardinal.

Complexity: Life at the Edge of Chaos. Roger Lewin. 1999, Chicago University Press. 

Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life. John H. Miller and Scott E. Page. 2007. Princeton University Press. 

Complexity: A Guided Tour. Melanie Mitchell. 2009, Oxford University Press..

How Nature Works: The Science of Self-Organized Criticality. Bak, P. (1996). New York, NY, USA: Copernicus.

The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World. Cohen, J., & Stewart, I. (1994). New York: Viking.

A Complex Adaptive Systems Model of Organization Change. Dooley, K. (1997). Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and the Life Sciences, 1: 69-97.

The unshackled organization: Facing the challenge of unpredictability through spontaneous reorganization. Goldstein, J. (1994). Portland, Or.: Productivity Press.

Order Out of Chaos: Man's New Dialogue With Nature. Prigogine, I. & Stengers, I. (1984). Toronto: Bantam Books.

Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos. Waldrop, M. M. (1992). New York: Simon & Schuster.

Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life. Barabasi, A.L., 2003. Plume.

Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life as Possibility and Play. Carse, J. 1987. Mass Market Paperback.

Truth and Justification. Habermas, J., 2003. Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edgeware: Insights From Complexity Science For Health Care Leaders. Zimmerman, B., Lindberg, C., & Plsek, P. E. (1998). Irving, TX: VHA.