Quarks and jaguars: A strange encounter between simplicity and complexity

Author: Gell-Mann (USA) [Author], Yang Jianye [Translator] et al.
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Publish Date: 2000-04-01
Features: "Human knowledge is usually kept in various strict locks, but this book cuts across almost all sciences, exciting and stimulating. It is always a great pleasure to understand how fluid scholars recognize and master the great secrets. These first-class scholars are always firmly opposed to mysticism when exploring the mysteries of nature." "To me, quarks and jaguars are two aspects of simplicity and complexity that I call nature. Quarks are a symbol in the laws of physics, once proposed, are completely accepted before humans fully analyze them; jaguars are the same. Although people can smell their pungent smell in the bushes, they are only a possible metaphor for an elusive complex adaptive system and have not been carefully analyzed either." It is a book as interesting as the author himself, who weaves together seemingly unrelated things, such as chimpanzee behavior, avalanche mechanics, superstring theory, and Shakespeare, into a fascinating story, truly amazing!