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Does God play dice? : the mathematics of chaos / Ian Stewart.
LIBRA Q172.5.C45 S74 1990
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stewart, Ian, 1945-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chaotic behavior in systems.
- Physical Description:
- 348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Manufacture:
- 1991.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Blackwell, 1990.
- Summary:
- Mathematicians and scientists have now discovered that systems obeying precise laws can behave in a random fashion. And perhaps God can play dice, and create a universe of complete law and order, in the same breath. This new science, the mathematics of chaos, is explained in this lucid, witty and engaging book. Illustrated.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [333]-335) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1557861064
- OCLC:
- 21442731
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