Chaos: The Science of Predictable Random Motion

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An exploration of chaos: motion that is paradoxically predictable yet random, aided by elementary mathematics, numerous figures, and computer animations (available on a companion CD). The history, mechanism, and practical consequences of this fascinating phenomenon are explained in terms accessible to a motivated high school student.

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Full title :Chaos : The Science of Predictable Random Motion

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Publication Date:2011

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

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Description:369 s. : : Bilag: 1 CD-Rom

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ISBN:0199594589 (m), 9780199594580, 9780199594573, 0199594570
oclc:on1130059877
Dewey Decimal:003.857

1. Chaos Everywhere; 2. Galileo Galilei -- Birth of a New Science; 3. Isaac Newton -- Dynamics Perfected; 4. Celestial Mechanics -- Clockwork Universe; Pendulum -- Linear and Nonlinear; 6. Josephson Effect -- Synchronization; 7 Chaos Forgets the Past; 8. Chaos Takes a Random Walk; 9. Chaos Makes Noise; 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; 15. State Space -- Going with the Flow; 16. Strange Attractor; 17. Fractal Geometry; 18. Stephen Smale -- Horseshoe Map; 19. Henri Poincare -- Topological Tangle; 20. Chaos Goes to Work