Introducing Chaos

by Ziauddin Sardar (Author), Iwona Abrams (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $3.40

  Providing an introduction to the controversial field of chaos theory, this text shows how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties of event, from the fluctuation of animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also exmaines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationships between chaos and complexity, the unifying theory which suggests that all complex systems evolve from a few simple rules.

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $3.25

  This text provides an accessible introduction to this controversial field. It shows how chaos makes its presence felt in many varieties, from fluctuation to animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. It also examines the the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexity, the new unifying theory which suggests that all complex systems evolve from a few simple rules.