Bibliograph

Everyday chaos, the mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market, Brian Clegg

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Label

Everyday chaos, the mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market, Brian Clegg

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Everyday chaos

Oclc number

1140708095

Responsibility statement

Brian Clegg

Sub title

the mathematics of unpredictability, from the weather to the stock market

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

Table Of 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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