The study of chaotic systems has become a major scientific pursuit in recent years, shedding light on the apparently random behaviour observed in f...
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Jul 18, 2009
DJ
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At last, a somewhat respectable introduction to chaos for anyone not repulsed by a bit of math. Lorenz may not be as polished a writer as James Gleick, but his knowledge of the field, its mathematics, and its development is unrivaled.
The majority of the book is spent exploring several examples of chaotic systems in detail. The book is not necessarily packed with equations (those are saved for the appendices) but it does require some "mathematical maturity" (essentially, y More...
The majority of the book is spent exploring several examples of chaotic systems in detail. The book is not necessarily packed with equations (those are saved for the appendices) but it does require some "mathematical maturity" (essentially, y More...
Aug 16, 2010
Duffy
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I picked this up because I'm interested in studying markets and technical analysis. The Black Swan talks a bit about fractals and the Mandelbrot set. One of the interesting thing about some fractals is that the part resembles the whole. In technical analysis, there are several techniques that apply to charts, and the period of the chart doesn't matter. The same sorts of things work on weekly, daily and hourly charts, etc.... Another part of technical analysis is Elliot Wave theory. Without
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Feb 04, 2009
Laurie
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I'm re-reading this on a lark. My youngest son sometimes brings Chaos theory to mind. :) It's a fasinating read. Don't fear the math. You can understand most of it w/out an advanced understanding of mathmatics.
Feb 05, 2008
Alice
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A Great Primer On Chaos Theory.
Edward Lorenz takes a complicated topic and makes it accessible for all people, regardless of prior knowledge of chaos theory. He provides interesting and easy to follow examples of chaos, fractals and complexity. The illustrations are helpful and he includes a glossary of terms to aid the beginning chaos enthusiasts to quickly become familiar with the terminology. Mr. Lorenz gives a brief history of chaos and explains how it is used in the study of mat More...
Edward Lorenz takes a complicated topic and makes it accessible for all people, regardless of prior knowledge of chaos theory. He provides interesting and easy to follow examples of chaos, fractals and complexity. The illustrations are helpful and he includes a glossary of terms to aid the beginning chaos enthusiasts to quickly become familiar with the terminology. Mr. Lorenz gives a brief history of chaos and explains how it is used in the study of mat More...
Aug 09, 2011
I do agree with the reviews, but am perhaps a bit more positive. Here's my thoughts.
The Essence of Chaos is a valiant effort to try to describe the concepts behind chaotic and limited-chaotic systems. He chose some interesting examples, but there might have been others that have greater universal appeal. He stops just at Mandlebrott just short of some of the more interesting possibilities of Chaos theory in describing social system. That's unfortunate. But, hey, it's a short book!!
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The Essence of Chaos is a valiant effort to try to describe the concepts behind chaotic and limited-chaotic systems. He chose some interesting examples, but there might have been others that have greater universal appeal. He stops just at Mandlebrott just short of some of the more interesting possibilities of Chaos theory in describing social system. That's unfortunate. But, hey, it's a short book!!
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Mar 20, 2008
i'm reading about 5 books on chaos theory and fractal geometry. i'm doing research on the mandelbrot set for a mathematics seminar. basically, after my resarch, i'll rate each of the books on mathematical insight, helpfulness, and essentially how easy it is to read ( although this is an extremely complicated level of math and sometimes hard to follow even the easiest of texts)
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