Chaos : a very short introduction
Smith, Leonard A.2007
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This book provides a complete understanding of chaotic dynamics in maths, physics, and the real world, with an explanation of why it is important and how it differs from the idea of randomness. The author draws on certain physical systems and phenomena, for example the weather forecast, and the role of chaos in gambling.
Main title:
Chaos : a very short introduction / Leonard A. Smith.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Collation:
[xv], 180 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Series title:
Very short introductions ; 159
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.
ISBN:
9780192853783 (pbk)0192853783 (pbk)
Dewey class:
530.1003.857
Language:
English
BRN:
2075634