Everyday chaos : the mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market / Brian C...
Everyday chaos : the mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market / Brian C...
Everyday chaos : the mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market / Brian Clegg.
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Publisher
London : MIT Press, [2020]
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G 2020/3762
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Language
English
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Physical content
256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Clockwork and chaos -- Newton's intractable motions and runaway feedback -- Weather worries and chaotic butterflies -- Strange attractors and immeasurable distances -- Stock market crashes and super hits -- Harnessing chaos -- Complexity and emergence.
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Publisher
London : MIT Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"Trying to understand a system with multiple interacting components - the weather, for example, or the human body, or the stock market - means dealing with two factors: chaos and complexity. If we don't understand these two essential subjects, we can't understand the real world"--Back cover.
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Everyday chaos : the mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market / Brian Clegg.
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Includes index.
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©2020
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G 2020/3762
Record Identifier
74VKaMwpoNZl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaMwpoNZl
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ISBN
9780262539692 (pbk.)
0262539691 (pbk.)
DDC
519.2
MMS ID
991024345719002626
