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Chaos : making a new science / James Gleick.

By:

Gleick, James

Material type: Text

TextOriginal language: English Publication details: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Viking, 1987Description: xi, 352 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) 24 cmISBN:

670811785

Subject(s):

Chaotic behavior in systems

DDC classification:

3 19 GLE 1987.

LOC classification:

Q172.5.C45 G54 1987

Summary: Summary: 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 attractor

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library Section SB- R304	003 GLE 1987. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		291

Includes index and Bibliography: p. 318-340.

Summary: 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 attractor

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