In the wake of chaos : unpredictable order in dynamical systems /
"We are in the wake of chaos - trying to make sense of the news that the universe is a far more unpredictable place than anyone ever imagined." "What began with the discovery of randomness in simple physical systems - a curl of smoke, a tumble of water - has exploded into a fascinatio...
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
1993
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| Series: | Science and its conceptual foundations.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. What is Chaos Theory?; 2. Varieties of the Impossible; 3. Unpeeling the Layers of Determinism; 4. On the Way to Dynamic Understanding; 5. Beyond the Clockwork Hegemony; References; Index.
