Explaining Chaos

Informationen zum Autor Peter Smith was born in Yorkshire. He lives in Kumamoto, Japan, with his wife and two daughters. Klappentext Chaotic dynamics has been hailed as the third great scientific revolution in physics in this century! comparable to relativity and quantum mechanics. Peter Smith cuts through the rhetoric to explain the math behind the theory. Zusammenfassung Chaotic dynamics has been hailed as the third great scientific revolution in physics this century! comparable to relativity and quantum mechanics. In this book! Peter Smith explains some of the basic mathematical ideas in a clear and accessible way! and discusses the methodological issues which arise. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Chaos introduced; 2. Fractal intricacy; 3. Intricacy and simplicity; 4. Predictions; 5. Approximate truth; 6. Universality; 7. Explanation; 8. Worldly chaos; 9. Randomness; 10. Defining chaos.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Smith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.1998
• EAN: 9780521477475
• ISBN: 978-0-521-47747-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Theoretical physics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Miscellaneous