Titre : |
Does God Play Dice ? The Mathematics of Chaos |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Ian STEWART |
Editeur : |
Basil Blackwell |
Année de publication : |
1989 |
Importance : |
317 p. |
ISBN/ISSN/EAN : |
978-0-631-16847-8 |
Note générale : |
Contents
Prologue
Epilogue
Further Reading
Illustrations Acknowledgments
Index |
Catégories : |
Chaos (théorie des systèmes) Systèmes, Théorie des
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Index. décimale : |
530.1 Théories et physique mathématique |
Résumé : |
[...] Explains the astonishing theories of systems thet obey simple laws but wich are neither constant nor predictable. Ina Stewart reveals a strange universe. A universe in which nothing may be as it seems, where familiar geometrical shapes such as circles and ellipses give way to infinitely complex structures known as "fractals". He explains how the fluttering of a butterfly's wing can change the weather and how the gravitational attraction of a creature in a distant galaxy can change the fate of the solar system.[...] |