Robert Delorme, Emeritus Professor, Université de Versailles, France

‘Today, in the academic world, we are pushed to present our ideas in short, high quality journal articles. It is therefore becoming increasingly difficult to devote time to a project spanning decades to produce a book of fundamental importance. Robert Delorme has been able to do this and the outcome is a marvellous and rare work of scholarship. This book will become the key reference in the field of complex economic systems. It is a thorough and systematic treatment of complexity. The existing literature in the field is well covered and each key contribution is assessed clearly from the standpoint of the “deep complexity” approach developed by Robert Delorme. The volume is long, but it is the product of many years of work and there is little doubt that it will remain the key reference for a number of years hence. This is a path-breaking book.’

• Contents: Preface Part I: Experience 1. Heuristics 2. Originality Part II: Modelling 3. Relativity 4. Deep Complexity as Product 5. Deep Complexity as Process 6. Generality Part III: Operationality 7. Synthesis 8. Applications General Conclusion References Index

Robert Delorme, Emeritus Professor, Université de Versailles, France

‘Today, in the academic world, we are pushed to present our ideas in short, high quality journal articles. It is therefore becoming increasingly difficult to devote time to a project spanning decades to produce a book of fundamental importance. Robert Delorme has been able to do this and the outcome is a marvellous and rare work of scholarship. This book will become the key reference in the field of complex economic systems. It is a thorough and systematic treatment of complexity. The existing literature in the field is well covered and each key contribution is assessed clearly from the standpoint of the “deep complexity” approach developed by Robert Delorme. The volume is long, but it is the product of many years of work and there is little doubt that it will remain the key reference for a number of years hence. This is a path-breaking book.’

• Contents: Preface Part I: Experience 1. Heuristics 2. Originality Part II: Modelling 3. Relativity 4. Deep Complexity as Product 5. Deep Complexity as Process 6. Generality Part III: Operationality 7. Synthesis 8. Applications General Conclusion References Index