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Chaos: Making a New Science

by James Gleick

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384 pages19 editions2008PenguinISBN 9782081218048
SciencePhysicsHistorySystem Theory

About this book

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.

Publication Details

Publisher
Penguin
Published
2008
Pages
384
ISBN
9782081218048
Language
en
Editions
19

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