In the wake of chaos : unpredictable order in dynamical systems / Stephen H. Kellert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kellert, Stephen H.

Series:

Science and its conceptual foundations.

Science and its conceptual foundations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaotic behavior in systems.

Science--Philosophy.

Science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Chaos theory has captured scientific and popular attention. What began as the discovery of randomness in simple physical systems has become a widespread fascination with "chaotic" models of everything from business cycles to brainwaves to heart attacks. But what exactly does this explosion of new research into chaotic phenomena mean for our understanding of the world? In this timely book, Stephen Kellert takes the first sustained look at the broad intellectual and philosophical questions raised by recent advances in chaos theory-its implications for science as a source of knowledge and for the very meaning of that knowledge itself.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue

1. What Is Chaos Theory?

2. Varieties of the Impossible

3. Unpeeling the Layers of Determinism

4. On the Way to Dynamic Understanding

5. Beyond the Clockwork Hegemony

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613058317

9781283058315

1283058316

9780226429823

0226429822

OCLC:

699507776