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Chaos: A Very Short Introduction (2007)

by Lenny Smith

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This book provides a complete understanding of chaotic dynamics in maths, physics, and the real world, with an explanation of why it is important and how it differs from the idea of randomness. The author draws on certain physical systems and phenomena, for example the weather forecast, and the role of chaos in gambling.… (more)
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I could have known: this booklet was way above my head. And that is mainly because the author almost exclusively focuses on the phenomenon of chaos in physical systems (weather, climate, warming water etc.). By consequence there’s a lot of mathematics and statistics involved. For my purpose (the chaos factor in the study of the history) there wasn’t anything useful in here. ( )
  bookomaniac | Jan 11, 2018 |
I'm not sure this one truly counts as read. If read is each sentence from cover to cover, then yes. I read is comprehended well enough to pass a test, then no. The trouble isn't with the book itself, but that it didn't quite suit my purposes, which is why it languished for several months. Though my attention was caught on occasion, so maybe if I scan section headings I'll realize that I got more than I'm aware of now.

(read 31 May 2011)
  qebo | Jul 16, 2011 |
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The 'chaos' introduced in the following pages reflects phenomena in mathematics and the sciences, systems where (without cheating) small differences in the way things are now have huge consequences in the way things will be in the future.
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The emergence of chaos
Three hallmarks of mathematical chaos.
The 'butterfly effect' has become a popular slogan of chaos.
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