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

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James Gleick notableWork Chaos: Making a New Science