Chaos : making a new science / James Gleick.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Vintage, 1998.Description: xi, 352 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cmISBN:- 9780749386061 (pbk.) :
- 003.857 21
Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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General | The Harden Library, King's Hospital | Main | 003.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | R15359K0499 |
Originally published: New York: Viking, 1987; London: Heinemann, 1988.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
From fractals to 'the butterfly effect', the revolutionary chaos theory explains why we cannot predict the weather or the National Lottery but locates simple patterns within the disorder.
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