Chaos: Making a New Science (Vintage, reprint)

Tác giả: James Gleick

Thể loại: Nonfiction

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage; Reprint edition (24 Feb. 1997)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 380 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0749386061
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0749386061
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.28 cm

Chaos, a book by James Gleick, first introduced the concept and early development of the chaos theory to the public. Chaos theory is a relatively new field in physics, and deals with simple and complex causes that react to one another. Chaos theory is considered as the third revolution in 20th-century science that uses traditional mathematical ways of understanding and explaining complex natural systems. It philosophically counters the second law of thermodynamics.

Chaos helps us in understanding the fact that there is growth and pattern in chaos itself, despite the outward appearance of being random. Various concepts such as the butterfly effect, universal constants, and strange attractors are discussed at a length in the book. Numerous theories of Mitchell J Feigenbaum and D'arcy Thompson are discussed in an elaborate manner, while also taking into account their historical background. The book explains the Mandelbrot Set and Julia Set without resorting to complex mathematics. In this book, the importance of scientific education is stressed upon by the author.

This book has been nominated for numerous book awards and widely acclaimed as one of the best books on chaos theory. This book was published in 1997 by RHUK, and is available in paperback.

Key Features:

 

  • This is one of the first books that was ever written on the chaos theory, and has also been nominated for various book prizes.
  • It helps us in understanding the complexity of problems and the best means of solving it.

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