Does God Play Dice? : The New Mathematics of Chaos

By: Ian Stewart

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Paperback | 1 January 2002 | Edition Number 2

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The revised and updated edition includes three completely new chapters on the prediction and control of chaotic systems. It also incorporates new information regarding the solar system and an account of complexity theory. This witty, lucid and engaging book makes the complex mathematics of chaos accessible and entertaining.

Presents complex mathematics in an accessible style.
Includes three new chapters on prediction in chaotic systems, control of chaotic systems, and on the concept of chaos.
Provides a discussion of complexity theory.

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"A book well worth reading and a valuable contribution to the literature on chaos" ( New Scientist)

"For those who have even rudimentary mathematical knowledge, for teachers and for lively-minded school and university students, Stewart give a valuable insight into the innards of chaos" (The Times Higher Education Supplement)

"A fine introduction to a complex subject" (Daily Telegraph)

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Non-Fiction Mathematics Applied Mathematics Chaos Theory Science Science in General Philosophy of Science Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Research & Information Information theory Cybernetics & Systems Theory Philosophy of Mathematics

Philosophy

Preface to the Second Edition
Prologue: Clockwork or Chaos?
Chaos from Order	p. 1
Equations for Everything	p. 18
The Laws of Error	p. 37
The Last Universalist	p. 49
One-way Pendulum	p. 64
Strange Attractors	p. 85
The Weather Factory	p. 115
Recipe for Chaos	p. 135
Sensitive Chaos	p. 155
Fig-tree and Feigenvalues	p. 181
The Texture of Reality	p. 201
Return to Hyperion	p. 228
The Imbalance of Nature	p. 253
Beyond the Butterfly	p. 279
Von Neumann's Dream	p. 308
Chaos and the Quantum	p. 329
Farewell, Deep Thought	p. 357
Epilogue: Dicing with the Deity	p. 383
Further Reading	p. 384
Illustration Acknowledgements	p. 391
Index	p. 393
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