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| | Please make sure you are familiar with the [[primers purpose| purpose]] of the series. |
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| These primers provide a set of well-focused, accessible, high quality
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| introductions to key topics in complex systems. Each primer is part
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| of a common series "SFI's Primers in Complex Systems." The primers are
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| around fifty to eighty pages in length, have a common look and feel, and
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| must embody high quality production values (for example, nice graphics).
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| Each book serves as a coherent primer to its topic, providing a
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| solid, scientifically accurate introduction to the core elements,
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| including current theory, practice, examples, and future frontiers.
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| The primers should be clear and concise and accessible to an advanced
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| undergraduate or graduate student, who is a nonspecialist in the specific
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| area of complex systems covered by the book. Any mathematics should
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| be accessible (or made accessible) to someone who has taken a typical
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| sequence of undergraduate mathematics. Ultimately, the book should
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| be written for smart and interested nonspecialists in the area, in an
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| intellectually rigorous, honest, and high quality manner. That is,
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| a no-BS, not-for-dummies, straight-to-the-point introduction to the
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| topic at hand, targeted to intelligent and interested readers.
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| The primers should primarily serve an academic market, primarily
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| focused on adoption as supplementary reading in advanced undergraduate
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| and graduate curricula. We also envision demand for these works
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| by individual scholars who want to follow the frontiers in science.
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| Finally, where possible the work should appeal to the intelligent lay
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| reader, embodying interests in general science and business,
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| Style Guide:
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Please make sure you are familiar with the purpose of the series.
Mathematics/Statistics: assume a basic familiarity with calculus, linear
algebra and statistics, but even so be kind. If more advance concepts
are needed please ground them in the basics.
Figures: High quality graphics are encouraged.
General style: Think about writing an expanded review paper. Most review
papers are aimed at a fairly specialized audience. A good primer takes
such a paper, and expands it to make it accessible to the nonspecialist,
namely, providing additional motivation and background for the general
issues, and more fully introducing specialized terms and concepts.
Assume that the reader will be smart (but non specialized).
