Chaos :
Smith, Leonard A.
Chaos : a very short introduction / by Leonard A. Smith. - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2007. - 180 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 159 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.
Chapter 1: The Emergence of Chaos--------
Chapter 2: Exponential Growth, Nonlinearity, Common Sense--------
Chapter 3: Chaos in Context: Determinism, Randomness and Noise-------
Chapter 4: Chaos in Methematical Models--------
Chapter 5: Fractals, Strange Attractors and Dimensions-------
Chapter 6: Quantifying the Dynamics of Uncertainty--------
Chapter 7: Real Numbers, Real Observations and Computers-------
Chapter 8: Sorry, Wrong Number: Statistics and Chaos--------
Chapter 9: Predictability: Does Chaos Constrains our Forecasts?-------
Chapter 10: Applied Chaos: Can we see through our Models?-------
Chapter 11: Philosophy in Chaos---------
9780192853783(pbk)
2007297733
GBA3-Y8755
Chaotic behavior in systems--Popular works.
003.857 / SMI-C 2007 6157
Chaos : a very short introduction / by Leonard A. Smith. - Oxford ; Oxford University Press, 2007. - 180 p. : ill. ; 18 cm. - Very short introductions ; 159 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.
Chapter 1: The Emergence of Chaos--------
Chapter 2: Exponential Growth, Nonlinearity, Common Sense--------
Chapter 3: Chaos in Context: Determinism, Randomness and Noise-------
Chapter 4: Chaos in Methematical Models--------
Chapter 5: Fractals, Strange Attractors and Dimensions-------
Chapter 6: Quantifying the Dynamics of Uncertainty--------
Chapter 7: Real Numbers, Real Observations and Computers-------
Chapter 8: Sorry, Wrong Number: Statistics and Chaos--------
Chapter 9: Predictability: Does Chaos Constrains our Forecasts?-------
Chapter 10: Applied Chaos: Can we see through our Models?-------
Chapter 11: Philosophy in Chaos---------
9780192853783(pbk)
2007297733
GBA3-Y8755
Chaotic behavior in systems--Popular works.
003.857 / SMI-C 2007 6157