The Essence of Chaos
$89.03
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 October 1995
Summary
Chaos surrounds us. Seemingly random events – the flapping of a flag, a storm-driven wave striking the shore, a pinball’s path – often appear to have no order, no rational pattern. Explicating the theory of chaos and the consequences of its principal findings – that actual, precise rules may govern such apparently random behavior – has been a major part of the work of Edward N. Lorenz. In The Essence of Chaos, Lorenz presents to the general reader the features of this “new science,” with i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780295975146 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0295975148 |
| Author: | Edward N. Lorenz |
| Publisher: | University of Washington Press |
| Imprint: | University of Washington Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 1995 |
| Weight: | 363g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 154mm x 229mm |
| Series: | The Essence of Chaos |
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Critics Review
“For the personal glimpses of chaos theory development alone, this book is worthwhile; for a clear, sharp development of the subject, the book is excellent; and for tying humanistic and scientific considerations together so well, there is a major debt owed to Lorenz.”
* Geophysics *“Lorenz has produced a wonderfully accessible book on the ideas and story of chaos. The book is superbly written providing delightful intellectual entertainment.”
* Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society *“In giving a nontechnical but careful account of the field of dynamical systems and ‘chaos,’ and setting it in a broader scientific context, Lorenz has .. communicate[d] the nature of the mathematical sciences and how mathematics contributes to society.”
* SIAM Review *”[A] unique chronicle of the insights of one of the founding fathers of this still burgeoning field.”
* American Journal of Physics *Returns
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