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January 2015: Chaos: The Making of a New Science
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This looks very good. I am glad this was selected.
This looks very good. I am glad this was selected.
I'm going to have to find my copy and finally start reading it.
I have the book, too. I am a little surprised by the copyright date of 1987. The text is interesting and well-written but is it almost...historical by now? I don't really know. It would seem that chaos theory has evolved in the last 28 years?
Definitely more historical than recent texts, but the ideas are still relevant... I suggested the book because it is such an influential book for many thinkers. Robert Sapolsky stated that it was probably the book that influenced him the most and still assigns chapters to his classes. I'm pretty happy that others are enthusiastic about this book too! :)
And sometimes it is important to read these seminal books before going on to the very latest discussion of a topic. The relevant history adds depth.
