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Chaos : making a new science / James Gleick.

Gleick, James.
1988
Q172.5.C45 G54 1988 (Mapit)
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Title
Chaos : making a new science / James Gleick.
Author
Gleick, James.
ISBN
0140092501 paperback
9780140092509 paperback
Published
New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin, 1988.
Copyright
©1987
Language
English
Description
xi, 352 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Call Number
Q172.5.C45 G54 1988
Dewey Decimal Classification
003
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-340) and index.
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