false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174843300m/445129.jpg 445129 7 We'd better get used to chaos because it certainly isn't going anywhere. Mathematician Ian Stewart--who is also a very talented writer--shares his insights into the history and nature of the highly complex in <I>Does God Play Dice: The New Mathematics of Chaos</I>. While his delightful phrasings will draw in nearly every reader, those with a strong aversion to figures and formulae should understand that it will be slow going. Chaos math suffuses everything from dreaming to the motion of the planets, and Stewart's words can never match the precision of his numbers. Persistence pays off, though; there are so many "aha" moments of insight herein that it almost qualifies as a religious text. The second edition has been partially revised in the wake of 1990s research, and three exciting new chapters report on prediction and other applications of chaos mathematics. <I>--Rob Lightner</I> 3172916 1990 Does God Play Dice: The New Mathematics of Chaos total:53|5:8|4:23|3:20|2:2|1:0| 53 196 101 5 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 12:25:29 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 01 21:37:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 04 01:05:13 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 01:05:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Nov 29 14:06:20 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 29 14:07:23 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 20:58:38 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 21:03:26 -0700 2008 Chaos but covering much of the same ground. An excellent introduction to the wonders of phase space, and there's a fantastic little bit about Pointcaré near the beginning. Stewart's kind of a cad, though.]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 22 12:13:24 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 12:13:44 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sun Nov 15 14:59:47 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:59:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 08 07:21:46 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 07:21:46 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992 Sun Nov 01 13:51:54 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 13:52:11 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 30 22:13:56 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 22:13:56 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 26 18:10:54 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 18:10:57 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 15:15:30 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 15:15:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 15 10:16:22 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 10:33:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 05 15:28:04 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 15:28:04 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 29 21:20:30 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 21:20:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Tue Sep 29 17:03:52 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 07:09:06 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 22:21:26 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 22:21:26 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Sep 21 15:16:12 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 16:26:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 10:57:15 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 10:57:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 25 05:09:12 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 05:09:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 08:11:52 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 08:11:52 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=445129