Chaos - making a new science:

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....

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Main Author: Gleick, James 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY [u.a.] Penguin 1988
Series:A Penguin book : Science
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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.
Physical Description:XI, 352 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0140092501