Book of Extremes Why the 21st Century Isn’t Like the 20th Century /

• Main Author: Lewis, Ted G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Copernicus, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Physics.; Statistical physics.; Complexity, Computational.; Complexity.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; Complex Networks.; History, general.

What makes the 21st century different from the 20th century? This century is the century of extremes -- political, economic, social, and global black-swan events happening with increasing frequency and severity. Book of Extremes is a tour of the current reality as seen through the lens of complexity...

Table of Contents:

• Waves
• Flashes
• Sparks
• Booms
• Bubbles
• Shocks
• Xtremes
• Bombs
• Leaps
• Transitions.