Lectures in the Sciences of Complexity,

vol. I, Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1989), pp. 275-300. • Stein, D. L. Disordered systems: Mostly spin systems. In Stein, D. L. (ed.),

Lectures in the Sciences of Complexity,

vol. I, Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity (Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1989), pp. 301-354.

If one actually wants to do work in this field, a useful text is: • Newman, M. E. J., and Barkema, G. T.

Monte Carlo Methods for Statistical

(Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1999).

And finally, a very accessible text that uses simple computer models to explain many of the central concepts of nonlinear dynamics and critical phenomena is: ⋆⋆ Flake, G. W.

The Computational Beauty of Nature: Computer Explorations of Fractals, Chaos, Complex Systems, and Adaptation (MIT

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