%0 Book %1 Stewart2002Does %A Stewart, Ian %D 2002 %I Wiley-Blackwell %K kr library math %T Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos %U http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike07-20&path=ASIN/0631232516 %X 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 \_Does God Play Dice: The New Mathematics of Chaos\_. 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 äha" 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. \_--Rob Lightner\_ %7 2 %@ 0631232516

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