lib007@muvms1.bitnet (06/15/89)
In article <249@utrcu1.UUCP>, goedhart@utrcu1.UUCP (Goedhart) writes: > For all folks interested in free will and such, there is an interesting > book, altough not entirely on this subject. The book I am refering to is > called CHAOS and was written by James Gleick. > > I'm sorry, but I can't give you exact details of the book. It is > momentarily not in reach, and it is a Dutch translation.... > > Bye, Peter. > (I am momentarily using the account of a friend.) The book was published in the US by Viking Press in 1987. I have the author listed as Geick rather than Gleick, but I don't have the book in front of me. It is an excellent narrative account of the development of dynamical systems theory. The full title is CHAOS: THE MAKING OF A NEW SCIENCE. -- lib007@muvms1.bitnet,Marshall University Fred R. Reenstjerna | All my life's a circle, 400 Hal Greer Blvd | sunup to sundown.... Huntington, WV 25755 | (304)696 - 2335 |
arshad@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Arshad Mahmood) (07/22/89)
In article <4066@muvms1.bitnet> lib007@muvms1.bitnet writes: >In article <249@utrcu1.UUCP>, goedhart@utrcu1.UUCP (Goedhart) writes: >> For all folks interested in free will and such, there is an interesting >> book, altough not entirely on this subject. The book I am refering to is >> called CHAOS and was written by James Gleick. >> >> I'm sorry, but I can't give you exact details of the book. It is >> momentarily not in reach, and it is a Dutch translation.... >> >> Bye, Peter. >> (I am momentarily using the account of a friend.) > >The book was published in the US by Viking Press in 1987. I have the author >listed as Geick rather than Gleick, but I don't have the book in front of me. >It is an excellent narrative account of the development of dynamical systems >theory. The full title is CHAOS: THE MAKING OF A NEW SCIENCE. > Definitely not Geick, it is by James Gleick. Here are the details (for Britian at least) James Gleick Chaos: making a new science London Heinemann 1988 352pp (in my local bookshop "Thins" it's around 5 pounds paperback) Very absorbing reading, recommend it highly ! A. Mahmood Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science Edinburgh University