I just finished watching this show, which has been around for a few months, and has been talked about on various fora (RichardDawkins.Net, for one). I did a search, and did not find a link to it here at HAF, so I thought just in case some here had not heard of it (I had not until I saw it on television this evening), I'd throw it out there. You can view it on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HACkykFlIus) for now. It's about an hour long. Very enjoyable and informative.
[youtube:muxsn6cq]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HACkykFlIus[/youtube:muxsn6cq]
After a fairly slow (but interesting) build-up via Alan Turing, Boris Belousov, and of course Benoît Mandelbrot, Dr. Jim Al-Khalili, professor of physics at the University of Surrey, brings it all together to show that there is a sound mathematical basis for the phenomenon of complexity arising from simplicity. Enjoy
This sounds fascinating, I'll have to dive into this immediately! <3
Excellent show, just finished watching. I would recommend everyone watch it.
Thanks for the link Recusant.