Does God Play Dice?, 2nd Edition
The New Mathematics of Chaos
$42.85
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
4 January 2002
Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780631232513 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0631232516 |
| Author: | Ian Stewart |
| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons Ltd |
| Imprint: | Blackwell Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 4 January 2002 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 135mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“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)
Ian Stewart
Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is an active research mathematician with over 140 published papers, and has written or co–authored numerous books includingThe Collapse of Chaos (1994),Nature′s Numbers (1995),Figments of Reality (1997),Life′s Other Secret (1998),The Science of Discworld (1999), and Flatterland (2001). His awards include the 1995 Faraday Medal of the Royal Society and the 2000 Gold Medal of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications.
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