Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"For the personal glimpses of chaos theory development alone, this book is worthwhile; for a clear, sharp development of the subject, the book is excellent; and for tying humanistic and scientific considerations together so well, there is a major debt owed to Lorenz."
* Geophysics *
"Lorenz has produced a wonderfully accessible book on the ideas and story of chaos. The book is superbly written providing delightful intellectual entertainment."
* Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society *
"In giving a nontechnical but careful account of the field of dynamical systems and 'chaos,' and setting it in a broader scientific context, Lorenz has .. communicate[d] the nature of the mathematical sciences and how mathematics contributes to society."
* SIAM Review *
"[A] unique chronicle of the insights of one of the founding fathers of this still burgeoning field."
* American Journal of Physics *
Table of ContentsPreface
1) Glimpses of Chaos
2) A Journey Into Chaos
3) Our Chaotic Weather
4) Encounters with Chaos
5) What Else is Chaos
Appendixes - The Butterfly Effect; Mathematical Excursions; A Brief Dynamical-Systems Glossary
Bibliography
Index
