Bibliograph

Chaos, making a new science, James Gleick

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Chaos, making a new science, James Gleick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-340) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chaos

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

18019169

Responsibility statement

James Gleick

Sub title

making a new science

Summary

The author describes how scientists studying the growth of complexity in nature are discovering order and pattern in chaos. He explains concepts such as nonlinearity, the Butterfly Effect, universal constants, fractals, and strange attractors, and examines the work of scientists such as Mitchell J. Feigenbaum, Edward Lorenz, and Benoit Mandelbrot

Table Of Contents

The butterfly effect -- Revolution -- Life's ups and downs -- A geometry of nature -- Strange attractors -- Universality -- The experimenter -- Images of chaos -- The dynamical systems collective -- Inner rhythms -- Chaos and beyond

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