reading
deep simplicity
chaos, complexity and the emergence of life
Read more about this book at Amazon.co.uk
Visit: the entry for John Gribbin on Wikipedia which has a partial bibliography and further links to relevent web sites.
In this brilliantly enlightening book John Gribbin shows that complexity is simple, and explains how life has emerged from simple systems.
Deep Simplicity is the first book to synthesize all the various ideas about chaos and complexity - from the butterfly effect to the intriguing concept of Gaia.