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Chaos: Making a New Science

James Gleick

Start date: May 1, 2015

Finish date: May 31, 2015

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Mar 19, 2013 Katy rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: math-science, did-not-finish

Putting this one back on the shelf to read later (maybe). It starts out with promise, but drags in the middle where I am now. So I'll wait and see -- for now I've other books to read that are calling. ...more

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Oct 30, 2011 GONZA rated it really liked it

It's such an interesting book that should be studied at school, more than all the other physics books (except the Feynman lectures) could socced in interesting pupils in science.
Informations on the Butterfly effects and Mandelbrot fractals given in the easiest possible way, I found this book much more easier than Capra's one (The web of life) so I suggest it!
Thanks to Netgalley and Open Road. ...more

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Jun 22, 2013 Nodas rated it it was amazing

A milestone 1988 book about chaos and dynamical systems. Despite being written by a journalist, there is a staggering amount of research and facts about fractals and dynamics, and the personalities behind the pioneers of chaos theory.

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Jun 29, 2014 GONZA rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read

Chiaramente sulle parti piú tecniche non ho seguito, ma l'autore si sforza veramente tanto di rendere accessibile un problema complesso come quello del caos e della strada seguita da vari studiosi come Mandelbrot e Feigenbaum per arrivare alle teorie che potevano descriverlo. Affascinante, come tutto quello che non capisco. ...more

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