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Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos
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Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos Paperback - 2002 - 2nd Edition

by Ian Stewart

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Blackwell Pub, 2002. Paperback. New. 2nd revised edition. 401 pages. 8.50x5.75x0.75 inches.
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  • Title Does God Play Dice?: The New Mathematics of Chaos
  • Author Ian Stewart
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Condition New
  • Pages 416
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Blackwell Pub, Somerset, New Jersey, U.S.A.
  • Date 2002
  • Bookseller's Inventory # x-0631232516
  • ISBN 9780631232513 / 0631232516
  • Weight 1.17 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.51 x 5.48 x 1.22 in (21.62 x 13.92 x 3.10 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003265348
  • Dewey Decimal Code 003.857

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From the rear cover

"You believe in a God who plays dice, and I in complete law and order."
--Albert Einstein

The science of chaos is forcing scientists to rethink Einstein's fundamental assumptions regarding the way the universe behaves. Chaos theory has already shown that simple systems, obeying precise laws, can nevertheless act in a random manner. Perhaps God plays dice within a cosmic game of complete law and order.

Does God Play Dice? reveals a strange universe in which nothing may be as it seems. Familiar geometrical shapes such as circles and ellipses give way to infinitely complex structures known as fractals, the fluttering of a butterfly's wings can change the weather, and the gravitational attraction of a creature in a distant galaxy can change the fate of the solar system.

This revised and updated edition includes three chapters on the prediction and control of chaotic systems. New information regarding the solar system and an account of complexity theory is also incorporated. It is a lucid and witty book which makes the complex mathematics of chaos accessible and entertaining.

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About the author

Ian Stewart is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and a Fellow of the Royal Society. He is an active research mathematician with over 140 published papers, and has written or co-authored numerous books including The Collapse of Chaos (1994), Nature's Numbers (1995), Figments of Reality (1997), Life's Other Secret (1998), The Science of Discworld (1999), and Flatterland (2001). His awards include the 1995 Faraday Medal of the Royal Society and the 2000 Gold Medal of the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications.