Nonlinearities in Action

Mikhail I. Rabinovich

ISBN 10: 3642752942 / ISBN 13: 9783642752940

Published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Nov 2011, 2011

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Neuware -In the dynamics of mankind one can trace out a path of contemplation about the 'world', leading from early speculations to today's natural sciences. The endeavour to understand how nature works has led to the construction, still in progress, of an abstract building of great com plexity. To the uninitiated it may look more like a scurrilous sculpture resting on many legs, among them such peculiar ones as probability, relativity, quantum mechanics . At times problems with the stabil ity of the building or sculpture arise: known facts that won't fit and can no longer be ignored start to undermine the foundations. Then new footings are thought of, constructed and finally cast. In fact, the undermining and casting is often done in one step. This process has already been repeated many times and will un doubtedly repeat itself again and again. At present, one recognizable footing under construction goes by the name of 'chaos theory'. Physi cists seem to like the word chaos. When they came to recognize that the air is not just empty space but an obviously indescribable dance of myriads of molecules they called that 'chaos'. What else would fit In the course of time the name was simplified to 'gas'. Thus the word chaos became free to serve for the next upsetting experience. That arose in the context of nonlinear dynamical systems, where peculiar motions were detected, ones seemingly beyond human comprehension.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 204 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nonlinearities in Action
• Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg Nov 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3642752942
• ISBN 13: 9783642752940
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 270W x 193H x 12D millimeters 270 millimeters width by 193 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 455 grams

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Synopsis

Order and disorder in nature, the birth of chaos in deterministic systems: This textbook provides a concise and comprehensive overview on nonlinear phenomena addressing all natural scientists. It also contains a beautifully illustrated color insert easily accessible to interested laypersons. Thus it is suitable for leisure reading and also for an introductory (under-)graduate course in nonlinear physics.