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LEADER: 01225cam a2200277 a 4500
001 274305
005 20010219133333.0
008 990623s2001 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 99038174 $o41871416
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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dC#P$dLHA$dOCL$dXIM
020 $a0195129172 (alk. paper)
041 1 $aeng$hfre
050 00 $aQB461$b.T5613 2001
082 00 $a523.01$221
049 $aXIMM
100 1 $aTrinh, Xuan Thuan.
240 10 $aChaos et l'harmonie.$lEnglish
245 10 $aChaos and harmony :$bperspectives on scientific revolutions of the twentieth century /$cTrinh Xuan Thuan ; translated by Axel Reisinger.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2001.
300 $axii, 366 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]) and index.
505 0 $aTruth and beauty -- Contingency and necessity: the formation of the solar system -- Chaos in the cosmic machinery, and uncertainty in determinism -- The austere beauty of symmetry -- The unbearable strangeness of atoms -- The creative universe -- The unreasonable effectiveness of thought.
650 0 $aAstrophysics$xPhilosophy.
650 0 $aChaotic behavior in systems.
994 $aE0$bXIM