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Chaos

by James Gleick

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  louvel | Aug 1, 2009 |
An enthusiastic and interesting summary of the historical development of chaos theory, but it lacks the sweeping insight needed to put the theory's implications into perspective. ( )
  stancarey | Jul 30, 2009 |
A fascinating and engaging look into the development of Chaos Theory. This focuses more on the history and scientists involved in the early days, rather than on hard mathematics. It is written in a clear format that is easily accessible to all readers, regardless of scientific or mathematical background. ( )
  Qorvus | Jun 19, 2009 |
Can one measure disorder or randomness in a closed system like business research? Can can one or a set of preconceived notions about an expected outcome effect that outcome? Cosmologists like Stephen Hawkins has pondered if the universe is ruled by entropy, creating greater and greater disorder, how does order arise?
My question, is in which ways can a marketing plan, which hinges on a pre-set aims of say competitive analysis be so far different that its results lead some companies to ruin, and others successful beyond their orginal projections.
  JohnSherman | Jun 15, 2009 |
Very interesting, but not as well-written or as accessible as "Faster." Personally, I could have done with more concept and less profiling of the individual personalities involved. ( )
  TheBentley | Jan 17, 2009 |
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human was the music,

natural was the static...

--John Updike
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The police in the small town of Los Alamos, New Mexico, worried briefly in 1984 about a man seen prowling in the dark, night after night, the red glow of his cigarette floating along the back streets.
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Attractor

Chaos: Making a New Science

Dynamical system

James Gleick

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Amazon.com (ISBN 0140092501, Paperback)

Few writers distinguish themselves by their ability to write about complicated, even obscure topics clearly and engagingly. James Gleick, a former science writer for the New York Times, resides in this exclusive category. In Chaos, he takes on the job of depicting the first years of the study of chaos--the seemingly random patterns that characterize many natural phenomena.

This is not a purely technical book. Instead, it focuses as much on the scientists studying chaos as on the chaos itself. In the pages of Gleick's book, the reader meets dozens of extraordinary and eccentric people. For instance, Mitchell Feigenbaum, who constructed and regulated his life by a 26-hour clock and watched his waking hours come in and out of phase with those of his coworkers at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

As for chaos itself, Gleick does an outstanding job of explaining the thought processes and investigative techniques that researchers bring to bear on chaos problems. Rather than attempt to explain Julia sets, Lorenz attractors, and the Mandelbrot Set with gigantically complicated equations, Chaos relies on sketches, photographs, and Gleick's wonderful descriptive prose.

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