In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series) - Couverture souple

Kellert, Stephen H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0226429768 ISBN 13 : 9780226429762

Editeur : University Of Chicago Press, 1994

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stephen H. Kellert is professor of philosophy at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University Of Chicago Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0226429768
• ISBN 13: 9780226429762
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 190
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible