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Chance and Chaos

By David Ruelle

Book information

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
1991
ISBN
9780691085746, 0691085749
LCC
QA273 .R885 1991
Open Library ID
OL1531978M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1194555 bytes)
Pages
206\206
Library
www.knigka.info
Time added
2014-10-05 02:30:00

Description

Ruelle, French professor of theoretical physics and author of several graduate-level mathematics and physics texts, here demonstrates the advanced ability to teach the general reader with conversational grace. The pace of his ''walk among the scientific results of the twentieth century'' does not rely on ''great men'' nor yet on historicity but on good structure. Ruelle guides the reader through Godel's theorem, quantum mechanics, strange attractors and a half-dozen of the most exotic modern theories. All the while his twin themes, mathematical chance and chaos theory, bound alongside like two dachshunds on a leash. If these themes wander into less fruitful speculations about the mathematical function of sex, for example, nonetheless Ruelle's ''walk'' has clarity and delight. To his credit, he does not spare the reader all of the number theory and notation. Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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