Simplicity and Complexity in the Description of Nature

Author: Gell-Mann, Murray

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 51, Number 3, 1988, pp. 2-9

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 51:3, Spring 1988

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:51.3.Mann

Abstract

What do the concepts of simplicity and complexity mean, particularly in terms of scientific theory?