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In the Wake of Chaos
Stephen H. Kellert
其他書名
Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems
出版University of Chicago Press, 1994-12-15
主題Science / GeneralScience / Philosophy & Social AspectsScience / System TheoryScience / Chaotic Behavior in Systems
ISBN02264297689780226429762
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=svD9Y0c_-wsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.