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(1987)
Chaos
making a new science
by James Gleick
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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.
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Chaos: The Making of a New Science
October 29, 1987, Viking Adult
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0670811785 9780670811786
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 318-340.
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