Self-Organization

12 books

Thinking in Complexity: The Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind cover
Rating 4.2
Thinking in Complexity: The Complex Dynamics of Matter, Mind, and Mankind Klaus Mainzer Central Compilation & Translation Press · 1999 This book is the representative work of the German philosopher of science Klaus Mainzer, originally published in English as Thinking in Complexity: Th…
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Leadership and the New Science 玛格丽特·惠特利 Zhejiang People's Publishing House · 2016 Leadership and the New Science is the magnum opus of the American organizational management scholar Margaret Wheatley. The book treats ideas from the …
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Rating 3.5
Complexity: Connections, Opportunities, and Positioning in the Information Age Luo Jiade CITIC Press · 2017 This book is a primer on social networks and complexity thinking for general readers by Luo Jiade, professor in the Department of Sociology at Tsinghu…
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Wave Rider: Leadership for High Performance in a Self-Organizing World Harrison Owen Guangdong Economic Publishing House · 2022 "Wave Riders" are people who keep seizing opportunities, often complete projects in extremely short time, and perform at a level that seems almost unb…
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Criticality: The Design Principle of Intelligence Fu Wocheng · 2015 This book is No. 53 in Zhihu's "Salt" series of e-books. Its author, Fu Wocheng, holds a PhD from the Department of Physics at Nanjing University and …
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Rating 3.5
An Outline of Intelligence Theory 王培 Shanghai Scientific and Technological Education Publishing House · 2023 This book surveys the frontiers of scientific theory in artificial intelligence and information systems, spanning philosophy, the history of science, …
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Rating 3.7
The Nature of Organization in the Digital Age Chen Chunhua / Peng Jianfeng / 穆胜 China Machine Press · 2025 Decentralization, self-organization, flat structures… amid the clamor, concepts proliferate—the shamrock organization, the starfish organization, teal…
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Rating 2.2
Quantum Thinking and Enterprise Management 成刚 · 2022 This book comprises four parts: Thought Is Power, A Century of "Entanglement" between Quantum and Enterprise Management, Quantum Leadership, and the Q…
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Rating 4.2
Bottom-Up: A Brief History of the Evolution of Everything (Collector's Edition) 马特·里德利 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 The keyword of this book is evolution. The author defines evolution as "unfolding," as "incremental, gradual change": spontaneous, irresistible, arisi…
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Rating 4.2
Profound Simplicity John Gribbin / 马自恒 Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House · 2019 Why can science tell us how the interiors of planets work, yet struggle to describe human behavior? Why could Newton not precisely predict changes in …
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Rating 4.4
First Push Book Series · General Series: Complexity (New Edition) 梅拉妮·米歇尔 Hunan Science & Technology Press · 2025 Why do ants, when forming a colony, display such precision and purposefulness? How do hundreds of millions of neurons produce something as immensely c…
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Rating 4.2
From the Bottom Up: A Brief History of the Evolution of Everything 马特·里德利 / 闾佳 China Machine Press · 2025 This book argues that evolution happens all around us. It is the best way to understand how both the human world and the natural world change. Changes…