![]() ![]() The book approaches the history of chaos theory chronologically, starting with Edward Norton Lorenz and the butterfly effect, through Mitchell Feigenbaum, and ending with more modern applications. The text remains in print and is widely used as an introduction to the topic for the mathematical layperson. It portrays the efforts of dozens of scientists whose separate work contributed to the developing field. It describes the Mandelbrot set, Julia sets, and Lorenz attractors without using complicated mathematics. The book was published on Octoby Viking Books.Ĭhaos: Making a New Science was the first popular book about chaos theory. It was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1987, and was shortlisted for the Science Book Prize in 1989. Chaos: Making a New Science is a debut non-fiction book by James Gleick that initially introduced the principles and early development of the chaos theory to the public. ![]()
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