Narrating complexity. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Walsh, Susan Stepney, editors.
• Editors: Walsh, Richard; Stepney, Susan
• Contents: Introduction and Overview: Who, What, Why.- Narrative Theory for Complexity Scientists.- Complex Systems for Narrative Theorists.- A Brief History of Systems Thinking.- Sense and Wonder: Complexity and the Limits of Narrative Understanding.- The Benefit of Doubt: Embracing Complexity and Uncertainty.- Simple Story of the Complex Mind? A Rhetorical Analysis of Cognitive Science Texts.- When Robots Tell Each Other Stories, or the Emergence of Artificial Fiction.- Plato with a Movie Camera: Visually Thinking of Complexity.- Augmenting Communication: Peering at Narratives and Complexity Through a Digital Arts Lens.- The Secret Life of Civilization.- Our Complex Earth.- Why Do We Trust Computer Simulations?.- Irreducible Complexity and Narrating the Endarkenment.- Gardening Complex Systems, and Other Metaphors.- Analysis of Contributions.- From Simplex to Complex Narrative: A New Model.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 808.036; Computer science; Narration (Rhetoric); Complexity (Linguistics); LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Composition & Creative Writing; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Rhetoric; REFERENCE / Writing Skills; Computers -- User Interfaces; Computers -- Interactive & Multimedia; Social Science -- Media Studies; Performing Arts -- General; Language Arts & Disciplines -- Composition & Creative Writing; User interface design & usability; Graphical & digital media applications; Media studies; Film, TV & radio; Creative writing & creative writing guides; Artificial intelligence; Communication; Motion pictures and television; Creative writing; Computers -- Intelligence (AI) & Semantics; Artificial intelligence; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319647142; 3319647148
• Related ISBNs: 9783319647128
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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