Nautilus Book Award Winner The Marginalian Favorite Books of 2023An electrifying introduction to complexity theory the science of how complex systems behave that explains the interconnectedness of all things and that Deepak Chopra says will change the way you understand yourself and the universe.Nothing in the universe is more complex than life. Throughout the skies in oceans and across lands life is endlessly on the move. In its myriad formsfrom cells to human beings social structures and ecosystemsamp8212life is openended evolving unpredictable yet adaptive and selfsustaining. Complexity theory addresses the mysteries that animate science philosophy and metaphysics how this teeming array of existence from the infinitesimal to the infinite is in fact a seamless living whole and what our place as conscious beings is within it.The implications of complexity theory are profound providing insight into everything from the permeable boundaries of our bodies to the nature of consciousness.amp8239Notes on Complexityamp8239is an invitation to trade our limited individualistic view for the expansive perspective of a universe that is dynamic cohesive and aliveamp8212a whole greater than the sum of its parts. Physician scientist and philosopher Neil Theise takes us to the exhilarating frontiers of human knowledge and in the process restores wonder and meaning to our experience of the everyday.