The scientific study of complex systems has transformed a wide range of disciplines in recent years, enabling researchers in both the natural and social sciences to model and predict phenomena as diverse as earthquakes, global warming, demographic patterns, financial crises, and the failure of...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface to the Princeton Science Library Edition -- Preface to the 2002 Edition -- Chapter 1 FINANCIAL CRASHES: WHAT, HOW, WHY, AND WHEN? -- What Are Crashes, and Why Do We Care? -- The Crash of October 1987 -- Historical Crashes -- The Tulip Mania --...