Review
This is a timely book. In an age of specialization--a tendency that bewilders most citizens, and in the long run threatens intellectual activity in our civilization--Slobodkin is able to write about the connections between science, art, games, and dining in an important and entertaining way. I think it will be a classic. -- Daniel B. Botkin University of California, Santa Barbara
Product Description
Takes the reader on a quest for the multiple meanings of simplicity in all facets of life. Slobodkin begins with a consideration of how simplicity came into play in the development of religious doctrines; he then moves on to the arts - where he ranges from dining to painting - and then focuses on the role of simplicity in science.
About the Author
Lawrence B. Slobodkin is Professor of Biology at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. He is also a research scientist and past president of the American Society of Naturalists and the General Systems Research Society.
