Chaos :making a new science
- 作者: Gleick, James.
- 出版: New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin 1988, ©1987.
- 稽核項: xi, 352 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates :illustrations (some color) ;23 cm.
- 標題: Chaotic behavior in systems.
- ISBN: 0143113453 , 9780143113454
- 附註: Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-340) and index. 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.
- 摘要: 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.
- 系統號: 005012913
- 資料類型: 圖書
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The million-copy New York Times bestseller and finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award that reveals the science behind chaos theory A work of popular science in the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, this 20th-anniversary edition of James Gleick’s groundbreaking bestseller Chaos introduces a whole new readership to chaos theory, one of the most significant waves of scientific knowledge in our time. From Edward Lorenz’s discovery of the Butterfly Effect, to Mitchell Feigenbaum’s calculation of a universal constant, to Benoit Mandelbrot’s concept of fractals, which created a new geometry of nature, Gleick’s engaging narrative focuses on the key figures whose genius converged to chart an innovative direction for science. In Chaos, Gleick makes the story of chaos theory not only fascinating but also accessible to beginners, and opens our eyes to a surprising new view of the universe.
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