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Genre/Form: | Electronic books Popular works Ouvrages de vulgarisation |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Smith, Leonard A. Chaos. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 (OCoLC)51668491 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Leonard A Smith |
ISBN: | 9780191518072 0191518077 9780191579431 0191579432 9786611147037 6611147039 1281147036 9781281147035 |
OCLC Number: | 137239230 |
Description: | 1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations |
Contents: | The emergence of chaos -- Exponential growth, nonlinearity, common sense -- Chaos in context: determinism, randomness, and noise -- Chaos in mathematical models -- Fractals, strange attractors, and dimension(s) -- Quantifying the dynamics of uncertainty -- Real numbers, real observations, and computers -- Sorry, wrong number: statistics and chaos -- Predictability: does chaos constrain our forecasts? -- Applied chaos: can we see through our models? -- Philosophy in chaos. |
Series Title: | Very short introductions, 159. |
Responsibility: | Leonard A. Smith. |
More information: |
Abstract:
Chaos exists in systems all around us. This introduction draws in philosophy, literature, and maths to explain Chaos Theory, showing the variety of its applications in the real world, from technology to global warming, politics, and even gambling on the stock market.
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Leonard Smith's Chaos (part of the Oxford Very Short Introduction series) will give you the clearest (but not too painful idea) of the maths involved... There's a lot packed into this little book, and for such a technical exploration it's surprisingly readble and enjoyable - I really wanted to keep turning the pages. Smith also has some excellent words of wisdom about common misunderstandings of chaos theory... One of the best books so far in this useful andinformative series. * popularscience.co.uk * Read more...
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