| Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Very short introductions ; 159
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Very short introductions ; 159.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-171) and index. |
| Contents |
The emergence of chaos -- Exponential growth, nonlinearity, common sense -- Chaos in context: determinism, randomness, and noise -- Chaos in mathematical models -- Fractals, strange attractors, and dimension(s) -- Quantifying the dynamics of uncertainty -- Real numbers, real observations, and computers -- Sorry, wrong number: statistics and chaos -- Predictability: does chaos constrain our forecasts? -- Applied chaos: can we see through our models? -- Philosophy in chaos. |
| Summary |
Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. This Very Short Introduction draws in philosophy, literature, and accessible maths to explain and illuminate Chaos Theory, showing the variety of its fascinating applications in the real world - from technology to global warming, politics, and even. gambling on the stock market. - ;Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to ch. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chaotic behavior in systems -- Popular works.
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Chaotic behavior in systems. |
| Genre/Form |
Popular works.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith, Leonard A. Chaos. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007 0192853783 9780192853783 (OCoLC)51668491 |
| ISBN |
9780191518072 (electronic book) |
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0191518077 (electronic book) |
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0192853783 (Paper) |
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9780192853783 (Paper) |
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9780191776410 |
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0191776416 |
| Standard No. |
2875100 |
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