Turbulent Mirror: An Illustrated Guide to Chaos Theory and the Science of WholenessWritten for the layperson, A Turbulent Mirror offers a perfect introduction to one of today's most popular and provocative areas of science--Chaos Theory. 100 photos and charts. |
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Page 38
... stable and or- ganized system . * Figure 1.12 In fact , this kind of limit cycle stability is more than a little myste- rious . How can individual random behavior produce such predict- able structure ? We won't get a full answer to that ...
... stable and or- ganized system . * Figure 1.12 In fact , this kind of limit cycle stability is more than a little myste- rious . How can individual random behavior produce such predict- able structure ? We won't get a full answer to that ...
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... stable systems can suddenly transform . Thom's treatment of nonlinearity brought an important ingredient to the turbulent science . Nonlinear dynamical systems , whether chaotic or stable , are so complex they are unpredict- able in ...
... stable systems can suddenly transform . Thom's treatment of nonlinearity brought an important ingredient to the turbulent science . Nonlinear dynamical systems , whether chaotic or stable , are so complex they are unpredict- able in ...
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... stable for centuries ? The prevailing winds above and below the Red Spot travel in op- posing directions at some 100 meters per sec- ond , but the spot moves only a few meters per second . The spot is held between two high- velocity air ...
... stable for centuries ? The prevailing winds above and below the Red Spot travel in op- posing directions at some 100 meters per sec- ond , but the spot moves only a few meters per second . The spot is held between two high- velocity air ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 13 |
Prologue An Ancient Tension | 19 |
Attractors and Reading Maps | 31 |
Copyright | |
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