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The Collapse of Chaos

The Collapse of Chaos

by Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 02/03/2000
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Do we live in a simple or a complex universe? Jack Cohen and Ian Stewart explore the ability of complicated rules to generate simple behaviour in nature through 'the collapse of chaos'. 'The most startling, thought-provoking book I've read all year. I was pleased to learn that most of the things I thought I knew were wrong' -- Terry Pratchett

ISBN:
9780141938288
9780141938288
Category:
Chaos theory
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
02-03-2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Ian Stewart

Ian Stewart is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and the author of the bestseller Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematics Curiosities. His recent books include Significant Figures, Incredible Numbers, Seventeen Equations that Changed the World, Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries and Calculating the Cosmos (all published by Profile). His app, Incredible Numbers, was published jointly by Profile and Touch Press in 2014. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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