Exploring Chaos A Guide to the New Science of Disorder

Name: Exploring Chaos A Guide to the New Science of Disorder
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ISBN: 9780393312263

ISBN-10: 0393312267

ISBN-13: 9780393312263

Edition: N/A

Authors: Nina Hall

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Chaos theory is giving scientists fresh insights into all sorts of unruly phenomena-from dripping faucets to swinging pendulums, from the vagaries of the weather to the movements of the planets, from heart rhythms to gold futures. In this collection of front-line reports, edited for the general reader, internationally recognized experts such as Ian Stewart, Robert M. May, and Benoit Mandelbrot draw on the latest research to trace the roots of chaos in modern science and mathematics.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction




Chaos: a science for the real world




Chaos in the swing of a pendulum




An experiment with mathematics




Portraits of chaos




Turbulent times for fluids




A weather eye on unpredictability




The chaotic rhythms of life




Is the Solar System stable?




Clocks and chaos in chemistry




Fractals - a geometry of nature




Fractals, reflections and distortions




Chaos, catastrophes and engineering




Chaos on the circuit board




Chaos on the trading floor




Quantum physics on the edge of chaos




A random walk in arithmetic




Chaos, entropy and the arrow of time




Is the Universe a machine?



Notes on contributors


Acknowledgments