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Chaos and Determinism Turbulence as a Paradigm for Complex Systems Converging toward Final States

By: A Favre, H Guitton, G Guitton, A Lichnerowicz and E Wolff
176 pages, 23 illus
Chaos and Determinism
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  • Chaos and Determinism ISBN: 9780801849121 Paperback Mar 1995 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 1-2 months
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About this book

Members of the French Academy from several disciplines offer scientific and philosophical analyses of concepts of order, chaos and determinism as they emerge in such complex systems as atmosphere, oceans and biological organisms. NB: Originally published in French in 1988.

Contents

Methods, concepts and vocabulary; turbulence in fluid mechanics; the atmosphere and the hydrosphere - the media of life; physical theories - groups, the calculus of variations, relativity, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics; biology; economics, turbulence and chaos; conclusions; a philosopher's reflections, Jean Guitton.

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By: A Favre, H Guitton, G Guitton, A Lichnerowicz and E Wolff
176 pages, 23 illus
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I found this most unusual book to be very stimulating. It really did achieve its objective of breaking academic barriers.--Julian C. R. Hunt, reviewing the French edition
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