I've been to uni', but I'm not a 'complexity' scientist. I'm more into importing/adapting basic ideas from complexity into everyday practical & personal use; but its a pretty intuitive rather than logical approach. I dont read too many books these days, I'm just trying to 'live it' and see where it takes me. That includes humour, btw. 
Category Archives: Complexity
Complexity and new theory of the universe
Nice to know complexity theory helped helped propose a new theory about the universe (below) by Peter Lynds.
Interesting to read Lynd's own history which is not solely academic-based. Wonder if it helped? 
My own radical complexity theory would suggest it may-have-done.
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On Newswise Science News Nov 1 07: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/534609/?sc=dwhn
It All Began with an End – New Theory on Origin and Future of the Universe
The universe’s clock has neither a start nor finish, yet time is finite according to a New Zealand theorist. The theory, which tackles the age-old mystery of the origin of the universe, along with several other problems and paradoxes in cosmology, calls for a new take on our concept of time. International Conference on Complex Systems in Boston