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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 2| Main Title | Chaos : making a new science / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Gleick, James, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Viking, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1987 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 15366709 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0670811785; 9780670811786 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Chaotic behavior in systems ; Science ; Chaotisches System ; Chaos ; Systeemtheorie ; Fisica Geral ; Sistemas Dinamicos | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xi, 352 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-340) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | 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. |