An Introduction to Chaos
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James Gleick subtitled his popular book Chaos with Making a New Science.
Note the word is "Science,"
not "Physics.
" The sub-title is quite...
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An Introduction to Chaos
Click here to go to Physics Virtual Bookshelf
Click here to go to the UPSCALE home page.
James Gleick subtitled his popular book Chaos with Making a New Science.
Note the word is "Science,"
not "Physics.
" The sub-title is quite reasonable.
However, much of the work on chaotic systems occurs in
Physics departments.
This is a non-technical survey of chaotic systems.
It is based on a one-hour class given largely unchanged
to first year undergraduate Physics students, to upper year liberal arts students, and to upper year Physics
majors and specialists.
The emphasis is on the properties that all chaotic systems exhibit.
A secondary
emphasis is the fact that most work on these systems is impossible without computing technology.
The history of the study of chaotic systems exhibits a very common phenomenon in the sciences.
When
people began to study the systems we discuss below, they seemed utterly disorganised.
Thus they were
called "chaotic.
" As work pro
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