In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)

Kellert, Stephen H.

ISBN 10: 0226429741 / ISBN 13: 9780226429748

Published by University of Chicago Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations series)
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226429741
• ISBN 13: 9780226429748
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 1.8W x 13.3H x 20.3D centimeters 1.8 centimeters width by 13.3 centimeters height by 20.3 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

Chaos theory has captured scientific and popular attention. What began as the discovery of randomness in simple physical systems has become a widespread fascination with "chaotic" models of everything from business cycles to brainwaves to heart attacks. But what exactly does this explosion of new research into chaotic phenomena mean for our understanding of the world? In this timely book, Stephen Kellert takes the first sustained look at the broad intellectual and philosophical questions raised by recent advances in chaos theory—its implications for science as a source of knowledge and for the very meaning of that knowledge itself.

About the Author

Stephen H. Kellert is professor of philosophy at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota.