Preface
1) Glimpses of Chaos
2) A Journey Into Chaos
3) Our Chaotic Weather
4) Encounters with Chaos
5) What Else is Chaos
Appendixes - The Butterfly Effect; Mathematical Excursions; A Brief
Dynamical-Systems Glossary
Bibliography
Index
"For the personal glimpses of chaos theory development alone, this
book is worthwhile; for a clear, sharp development of the subject,
the book is excellent; and for tying humanistic and scientific
considerations together so well, there is a major debt owed to
Lorenz."
*Geophysics*
"Lorenz has produced a wonderfully accessible book on the ideas and
story of chaos. The book is superbly written providing delightful
intellectual entertainment."
*Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society*
"In giving a nontechnical but careful account of the field of
dynamical systems and 'chaos,' and setting it in a broader
scientific context, Lorenz has .. communicate[d] the nature of the
mathematical sciences and how mathematics contributes to
society."
*SIAM Review*
"[A] unique chronicle of the insights of one of the founding
fathers of this still burgeoning field."
*American Journal of Physics*
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