{"id":203,"date":"2013-12-26T21:23:04","date_gmt":"2013-12-26T21:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archipress.org\/reda2\/?page_id=203"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:53:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T17:53:42","slug":"presentation-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reda.archipress.org\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"Presentation in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">.printfriendly {display: none!important;}<\/style>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reda.archipress.org\/?page_id=196\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/reda.archipress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Complexite_2013_cov-180x300.jpg\" style=\"width: 180px; height: 300px; margin: 3px; border-width: 0px; border-style: solid;\" \/><\/a> R\u00e9da Benkirane,\u00a0<em>La Complexit\u00e9, vertiges et promesses.\u00a0<\/em><em>18 histoires de<\/em><em>\u00a0sciences<\/em>. Paris, Le Pommier, 408 pages, 2013.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">[\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=196\">Pr\u00e9sentation<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=203\">Presentation in English<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=208\">Sommaire<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=660\">Pr\u00e9face<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=248\">Bibliographie<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=250\">Notes de lecture<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=263\">Articles de presse<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=385\">Edition \u00e9trang\u00e8re 1<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"\/reda\/?page_id=383\">Edition \u00e9trang\u00e8re 2<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0]<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The book deals with Complexity &#8211; the study of the &#8220;whole which is more than the sum of its parts&#8221; &#8211; as it is described mainly in biology, mathematics and physics. It is intended to be a textbook for managers, planners, strategists, financiers, social scientists and more widely for a general public interested to have a good grasp of science and technology. Through in-depth interviews with leading figures of the scientific community, this book aims at reflecting a wide range of ideas, concepts, researches and researchers closely related to Complexity and non linear sciences. The book includes a foreword, eighteen annotated chapters and a commented bibliography.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">What is common to ants society, cyberspace and financial markets ? What is the grammar of emergence, the principles of self-organization ? How can chaos emerge from a purely deterministic system ? Can artificial intelligence compete with human intelligence ? Are there limits to computation ? Could quantum computing lead to the discovery of new mathematical truths ? Are Mathematics invented or discovered ? Are we going to assist to the rise of new forms of life &#8211;\u00a0<em>in silico<\/em>\u00a0? Will new species, made of population of artifacts, take the power and the lead in civilization ? Is information at the origin of matter ? Can we extract the &#8216;it&#8217; from the &#8216;bit&#8217; ? What is the relevance of the so-called cosmological Anthropic Principle ? What is randomness ? What could and could not a deity? Why does God play dice not only in physics but also in mathematics ? Is He a watchmaker or a cosmic computer ? What happened\u00a0<em>before<\/em>\u00a0the big bang ? Is the universe unique or multiple, finite or infinite, mortal or eternal ? Is there a Theory of Everything ?<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">These are some of the fascinating questions that the book explores. The distinguished scientists who are interviewed strongly contributed to the study of complexity in a variety of disciplines and research fields. The book introduces and updates their contributions and reveals new &#8211; non linear &#8211; avenues in the making of science.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Interviews with Edgar Morin, Ilya Prigogine, Neil Gershenfeld, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Daniel Mange, Chris Langton, Brian Goodwin, Stuart Kauffman, Bernard Derrida, Yves Pomeau, Ivar Ekeland, Gregory Chaitin, John Barrow, Laurent Nottale, Andrei Linde, Michel Serres.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\">Author<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Reda Benkirane is a sociologist and information specialist. He is consultant for the United Nations and NGOs in Geneva, Switzerland, and works essentially on Knowledge Society and Intercultural issues.<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><a name=\"order\" title=\"order\"><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a name=\"order\" title=\"order\"><\/a><strong><a name=\"order\" title=\"order\"><\/a><strong>Order online :\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www4.fnac.com\/Shelf\/article.aspx?PRID=1794530&amp;OrderInSession=1&amp;Mn=3&amp;SID=cf5a8058-33b8-89a8-167e-03bbd86ac1cb&amp;TTL=030320070806&amp;Origin=FnacAff&amp;Ra=-1&amp;To=0&amp;Nu=1&amp;UID=09B9B9145-6EAE-1D6D-D213-3324291176D4&amp;Fr=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fnac.com<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.fr\/complexit%C3%A9-vertiges-promesses-histoires-sciences\/dp\/274650703X\/ref=la_B001JOS15M_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1390939770&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amazon.fr<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyrolles.com\/Sciences\/Livre\/la-complexite-vertiges-et-promesses-9782746507036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">eyrolles.com<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapitre.com\/CHAPITRE\/fr\/BOOK\/benkirane-reda\/la-complexite-vertiges-et-promesses-18-histoires-de-science,58795451.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chapitre.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Complexite\" class=\"alignleft\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/reda.archipress.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Complexite.jpg\" style=\"margin: 3px;\" width=\"160\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Reda Benkirane,\u00a0<em>La Complexit\u00e9, vertiges et promesses.\u00a0<\/em><em>18 histoires de<\/em><em>\u00a0sciences<\/em>. 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