Chaos: the science of predictable random motion

by Kautz, Richard

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Full title :Chaos : the science of predictable random motion / Richard Kautz.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

Notes

Accompanied by a CD-ROM containing animations of chaotic motion.

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 369 pages : : illustrations, portraits ; : 26 cm +

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780199594573, 0199594570, 9780199594580, 0199594589
oclc:ocn704451251
LC Classification:QA279.2
Dewey Decimal:003/.857

pt. I. Introduction. 1. Chaos everywhere -- pt. II. Dynamics 2. Galileo Galilei -- birth of a new science -- 3. Isaac Newton -- dynamics perfected -- 4. Celestial mechanics -- the clockwork universe -- 5. The pendulum -- linear and nonlinear -- 6. Synchronization -- the Josephson effect -- pt. III. Random motion. 7. Chaos forgets the past -- 8. Chaos takes a random walk -- 9. Chaos makes noise -- pt. IV. Sensitive motion. 10. Edward Lorenz -- butterfly effect -- 11. Chaos comes of age -- 12. Tilt-a-whirl -- Chaos at the amusement park -- 13. Billiard-ball chaos -- atomic disorder -- 14. Iterated maps -- chaos made simple -- pt. V. Topology of motion. 15. State space -- going with the flow -- 16. Strange attractor -- 17. Fractal geometry -- 18. Stephen Smale -- horseshoe map -- 19. Henri Poincaré -- topological tangle -- pt. VI. Conclusion. 20. Chaos goes to work.