• Orden y Caos en Sistemas Complejos
    Ricard V. Sole and Susanna C. Manrubia, Politex, UPC, 1996
    A technical, 600-pages introduction to complex systems, with two differentiated parts, the first involving general methods and the second applications. Methods include nonlinear systems, stability and bifurcations, chaotic dynamics, cellular automata and coupled map lattices, turing patterns and analysis of time series. Applications involve virus dynamics, ecological systems, evolution and extinction, swarm intelligence, neuroscience, random genetic networks and hamiltonian dynamical systems. Written in spanish.
  • Modelling Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Ecology
    Jordi Bascompte and Ricard V. Sole (eds), Springer-Verlag, 1998
    Throughout its history, ecology has largely been a descriptive science. Scientists are in need of a theoretical framework that will assist in the understanding of observed patterns, and will serve as a predictive tool. Since ecological systems are dynamic and spatially extended, it is particularly important to understand the processes underlying spatiotemporal patterns. This book reviews one of the newest and most important areas of theoretical ecology.
    Foreword by Lord Robert May.
  • Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology
    Ricard V. Sole and Brian Goodwin, Basic Books (New York, 2001)
    Signs of life is an introduction to complexity under the perspective of nonlinear phenomena, phase transitions and emergence. It is a popular science book, although an advanced one, with technical boxes.
    From the publisher: Deep down, we all know that living things are profoundly weird. Santa Fe Institute scientists Ricard Solé and Brian Goodwin show us the truth in Signs of Life: How Complexity Pervades Biology. Chaos theory and the life sciences are a natural combination, but it's still a wonder how fresh and intuitive the material is in their able hands. Copiously illustrated with drawings, tables, and photographs enriching the text, the book will appeal to all sophisticated readers with an interest in the larger themes of biology--major players such as evolution, development, and inheritance.
    Book reviews in: American Scientist; CellComplexity
  • Self-organization in Complex Ecosystems
    Ricard V. Sole and Jordi Bascompte, Princeton U. Press (Monographs in Population Biology; to appear 2005)
    From the publisher: Can physics be an appropriate framework for the understanding of ecological science? Most ecologists would probably agree that there is little relation between the complexity of natural ecosystems and the simplicity of any example derived from Newtonian physics. Though ecologists have long been interested in concepts originally developed by statistical physicists and later applied to explain everything from why stock markets crash to why rivers develop particular branching patterns, applying such concepts to ecosystems has remained a challenge. 
  • Redes complejas: del genoma a Internet
    Ricard V. Sole, Tusquets (Metatemas, Barcelona 2009)
    From the publisher: En los últimos años se ha producido una revolución en el estudio de los sistemas complejos, a la vez que asistimos al surgimiento de una nueva cartografía de la complejidad. Junto a un conjunto de datos sin precedentes acerca de las interacciones en el genoma o Internet, hemos contemplado el descubrimiento de ciertas propiedades universales que subyacen a la totalidad de las redes complejas, tanto naturales como artificiales. Esta nueva cartografía permite comprender la naturaleza de lo complejo y sus orígenes. Descubrimos así genomas, ecosistemas o redes eléctricas que muestran una enorme fragilidad junto a una gran plasticidad y eficiencia. El cáncer o Internet aparecen conectados como sistemas en los que un fallo en un nodo clave (un gen o un servidor) puede desencadenar el desastre. Encontramos en el cerebro nuevas autopistas de información que estaban ocultas a nuestra visión. Vivimos, en suma, en un mundo en el que, por sorprendente que parezca, nadie esta realmente lejos de nadie.
  • Xarxes complexes: del genoma a Internet
    Ricard V. Sole, Edicions 62 (Empuries, Barcelona 2009) 
  • Phase transitions
    Ricard V. Sole, Princeton U. Press, Princeton (2011)
    From the publisher: Phase transitions--changes between different states of organization in a complex system--have long helped to explain physics concepts, such as why water freezes into a solid or boils to become a gas. How might phase transitions shed light on important problems in biological and ecological complex systems? Exploring the origins and implications of sudden changes in nature and society, Phase Transitions examines different dynamical behaviors in a broad range of complex systems. Using a compelling set of examples, from gene networks and ant colonies to human language and the degradation of diverse ecosystems, the book illustrates the power of simple models to reveal how phase transitions occur.  
  • Vidas Sintéticas
    Ricard V. Sole, Tusquets, Metatemas (Març 2012)
    Con el cambio de siglo, la ciencia está experimentando una revolución que nos acerca a los límites del conocimiento humano. A lo largo de las últimas décadas, los investigadores han conseguido recrear en el ordenador entidades tan diferentes como células, enfermedades, cerebros o climas, todo ello en busca de leyes que definan su funcionamiento. En esta larga travesía, cuestiones fundamentales acerca del origen de la materia y de la vida, la naturaleza de la conciencia o la posibilidad de predecir el comportamiento humano han ido conquistando terreno a la filosofía, hasta el punto de que, para muchos, la ciencia es la que realmente puede abordar las cuestiones clásicas y su posible respuesta.
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TO APPEAR 

  • Viruses as complex adaptive systems
    Ricard Sole and Santiago Elena, Princeton U. Press (2016) 
  • Exploring complex networks
    Ricard Sole and Sergi Valverde, Princeton U. Press (2017) 
  • La lógica de los monstruos
    Ricard V. Sole
    Tusquets Metatemas (2016)