Chaos

Informationen zum Autor James Gleick was born in New York City and graduated from Harvard College. For ten years he was an editor at the New York Times . Chaos: Making a New Science was a 1987 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee, and has been translated into eighteen languages. His most recent book is Genius: Richard Feynman and modern physics . He lives in New York with his wife and their son. Klappentext James Gleick was born in New York City and graduated from Harvard College. For ten years he was an editor at the New York Times . Chaos: Making a New Science was a 1987 National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize nominee, and has been translated into eighteen languages. His most recent book is Genius: Richard Feynman and modern physics . He lives in New York with his wife and their son. Fascinating . . . almost every paragraph contains a jolt. "The New York Times" Taut and exciting . . . a fascinating illustration of how the pattern of science changes. "The New York Times Book Review" Highly entertaining . . . a startling look at newly discovered universal laws. "Chicago Tribune" Zusammenfassung Brings together work in the field of chaos theory, an extension of classical mechanics, in which simple and complex causes are seen to interact.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: James Gleick, Gleick James
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 24.02.1997
• EAN: 9780749386061
• ISBN: 978-0-7493-8606-1
• Seiten: 368
• Abmessung: 129 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Naturwissenschaften allgemein; Sachbuch > Natur, Technik > Astronomie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; popular science, MATHEMATICS / Linear & Nonlinear Programming, SCIENCE / Mechanics / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, SCIENCE / Chaotic Behavior in Systems, MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games, Classical mechanics, Popular and recreational mathematics, Popular mathematics, Chaos Theory