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RECORD NUMBER: 772 OF 5249Main Title | Chaos : making a new science / | |||||||||||
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Author | Gleick, James. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Penguin, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1988 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 18019169 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0140092501 : 9780140092509 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Chaotic behavior in systems | |||||||||||
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Collation | xi, 352 p., {10} p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (p. 318-340) and index. |
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Contents Notes | The butterfly effect -- Revolution -- Life's ups and downs -- A geometry of nature -- Strange attractors -- Universality -- The experimenter -- Images of chaos -- The dynamical systems collective -- Inner rhythms -- Chaos and beyond. |