中图分类法:	O415.5 版次：
著者:	Sardar, Ziauddin,
题名:	Introducing chaos / / ,
载体形态:	176 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
附注:	Previously published: Chaos for beginners. 1998.
内容提要:	If a butterfly stirs its wings in Brazil, does it cause a tornado in Texas? Chaos is the most important advance in science since the advent of Quantum Theory. The discovery of randomness in apparently predictable physical systems has evolved into a new science that declares the universe to be far more unpredictable than we could have imagined. Ziauddin Sardar and Iwona Abrams document how chaos is present in many events, from the fluctuation in animal populations to the rise and fall of financial markets. Introducing Chaos examines the roots of chaos in modern mathematics and physics, and explores the relationship between chaos and complexity - the new unifying theory which suggests that all complex systems evolve from a few simple rules.
主题词:	Chaotic behavior in systems.
主要责任者:	Abrams, Iwona, Abrams, Iwona,
主要责任者:	Appignanesi, Richard, Appignanesi, Richard,