Chaos

Resumen del libro

This book brings together different work in the new field of physics called the chaos theory, an extension of classical mechanics, in which simple and complex causes are seen to interact. Mathematics may only be able to solve simple linear equations which experiment has pushed nature into obeying in a limited way, but now that computers can map the whole plane of solutions of non-linear equations a new vision of nature is revealed. The implications are staggeringly universal in all areas of scientific work and philosophical thought.

Biografía del autor

James Gleick es uno de los principales cronistas de la ciencia y la tecnología moderna. Su primer libro, Chaos, finalista del US National Book Award, ha sido traducido a veinticinco idiomas. Su biografías Genius: The Life and Science of Richard Feynman e Isaac Newton fueron seleccionadas para el premio Pulitzer.