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  <title><![CDATA[The Essence of Chaos (The Jessie and John Danz Lecture Series)]]></title>
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  <default_description>This work provides an introductory view of the new science of chaos. Lorenz Presents Everyday Examples Of Chaotic Behaviour, Such As The Toss Of A coin, the pinball's path, the fall of a leaf, and explains in elementary Mathematical Terms How Their Essentially Chaotic Nature Can Be Understood.</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[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.<br/><br/>The majority of the book is spent exploring several e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/62094808">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[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.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A Great Primer On Chaos Theory.<br/><br/>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 includ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14656853">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[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 ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18181642">more...</a>]]></body>
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