Chaos: Making a New Science
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Chaos: Making a New Science is a popular science book that introduced and explained the concepts and history of chaos theory to a broad audience.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Chaos: Making a New Science canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | popular science book ⓘ |
| aimedAt | general audience ⓘ |
| author | James Gleick NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| covers |
development of nonlinear science
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history of chaos theory ⓘ |
| describes |
Lorenz attractor
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bifurcation ⓘ butterfly effect NERFINISHED ⓘ fractal ⓘ logistic map ⓘ sensitivity to initial conditions ⓘ strange attractor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Benoit Mandelbrot
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David Ruelle NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Lorenz NERFINISHED ⓘ F. David Peitgen NERFINISHED ⓘ James Yorke NERFINISHED ⓘ Mitchell Feigenbaum NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert May NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
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science history ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780143113454 ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
biology
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engineering ⓘ mathematics ⓘ meteorology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| influenced | public understanding of chaos theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
chaos theory
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dynamical systems ⓘ mathematics ⓘ nonlinear dynamics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interdisciplinary treatment of mathematics and physics
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popularizing chaos theory ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Penguin
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The Viking Press ⓘ
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Viking Press
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| timePeriodCovered | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | university courses on chaos and complexity ⓘ |
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