In an ideal world, reporters would have the time to study complex issues at great depth.
Scientists want to use them to study complex human diseases like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's in a petri dish, finding causes and treatments.
Even more important, scientists say, is that genetically matched cells from patients would enable them to study complex diseases, like Alzheimer's, in the laboratory.
But according to scientists who study complex systems, a single principle is involved in climate change, sensing prey in murky water and balance.
Theorists at the lab who study complex systems like whirlpools and thunderstorms -- not everyone there designs bombs -- often refer to a phenomenon called "sensitive dependence on initial conditions".
Researchers in the biological sciences, too, have made use of radioactive tracers to study complex processes.
In later works Hayek began distinguishing between sciences that study simple phenomena versus those that study complex phenomena.
For more than a decade, Mr. Miller has made pilgrimages to the institute to study complex, adaptive systems, a simple model of which might be an ant colony, a more complex one the stock market.
The Piñera administration has set up several commissions to study complex challenges in economic policy, drawing on leading former officials and academic experts from all political persuasions.
Grown men (and women), who'd never consider using instructions to build a futon, will happily study complex rulebooks so they can enjoy new games with their friends.
A fundamental approach to study complex system is thermodynamics.
