Chaos and Determinism: Turbulence As a Paradigm for Complex Systems Converging Toward Final States - Couverture souple

Favre, Alexandre; Guitton, Henri; Guitton, Jean; Lichnerowicz, Andre

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0801849128 ISBN 13 : 9780801849121

Editeur : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995

Synopsis

In Chaos and Determinism, members of the French Academy from several disciplines -- including fluid mechanics, economics, philosophy, theoretcial physics and biology -- offer scientific and philosophical analyses of the concepts of order, chaos, and determinism as they emerge in such complex systems as atmosphere, oceans, monetary economic, s and biological organisms. Using turbulence in fluid mechanics as the chief model, the authors describe and explain the behavior of systems that tend toward a particular end-state, such as an attractor in dynamic systems. The result is a unique interdisciplinary study of complex behavior and its philosophical consequences in fluid mechanics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, embryology, genetics, and economics.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Alexandre Favre is emeritus professor of fluid mechanices at the University of Aix-Marseille.

Henri Guitton is honorary professor of economics at the Sorbonne.

Jean Guitton is honorary professor of philosophy at the Sorbonne.

Andre Lichnerowicz is honorary professor of physical theories at the Collège de France.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0801849128
• ISBN 13: 9780801849121
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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