| I am a physicist by training. In my early years as a phyisicist, I tried to understand simplest constituents of nature, the fundamental particles. And I was using complex formulations to understand these simple fundamental objects. Now I have reversed my interest. I am no longer interested in the simplest fundamental constituents of nature. Instead, I am interested in complex systems, and I am using simple models and formulations to understand these complex systems. So, I started by using complex formulations to understand simplest objects, and end up using simple formulation to understand complex systems! But I always attracted, somehow, to simplicity. I didn't mind dwelling in complex theories, as long as I can get to simplicity in the end. And I believe that the nature of things is simple, by nature. |
