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This book brings together different work in the new field of physics called the chaos theory, an extension of classical mechanics, in which simple and complex causes are seen to interact. Mathematics may only be able to solve simple linear equations which experiment has pushed nature into obeying in a limited way, but now that computers can map the whole plane of solutions of non-linear equations a new vision of nature is revealed. The implications are staggeringly universal in all areas of scientific work and philosophical ...

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Chaos: Making a New Science 2008, Penguin Books, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780143113454

20th Anniversary edition

Trade paperback

Chaos: Making a New Science 1991, Abacus, London

ISBN-13: 9780747404132

Mass-market paperback

Chaos: Making a New Science 1988, Penguin Group, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780140092509

Trade paperback

Chaos: Making a New Science 1988, Abacus, London

ISBN-13: 9780349105253

Paperback

Chaos: Making a New Science 1988, William Heinemann Ltd, London

ISBN-13: 9780434295548

Hardcover