

Chaos: Making a New Science
by James Gleick
4.0
(99 ratings)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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