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Title The impact of chaos on science and society / edited by Celso Grebogi and James A. Yorke
Published Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description xiv, 401 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Chaotic dynamics / Mingzhou Ding, Celso Grebogi, and James A. Yorke -- Chaos and politics : applications of nonlinear dynamics to socio-political issues / David K. Campbell and Gottfried Mayer-Kress -- Is the EEG a strange attractor? : brain stem neuronal discharge patterns and electroencephalographic rhythms / Arnold J. Mandell and Karen A. Selz -- The impact of chaos on mathematics / David Ruelle -- Chaos in neural networks / Kazuyuki Aihara -- The impact of chaos on physics / Mitchell J. Feigenbaum -- Chaos and physics / Hao Bai-lin -- Irreversibility and quantum chaos / Kensuke Ikeda -- Impact of high-dimensional chaos : a further step towards dynamical complexity / Kunihiko Kaneko -- The impact of chaos on biology : promising directions for research / Bruce E. Kendall ... [et al.] -- Dynamical disease : the impact of nonlinear dynamics and chaos on cardiology and medicine / Leon Glass -- The impact of chaos on meteorology / Antonio Speranza -- The concept of chaos in the problem of earthquake prediction / V.I. Keilis-Borok -- The impact of chaos on engineering / Steven R. Bishop -- The impact of chaos on economic theory / Michele Boldrin -- Chaos in society : reflections on the impact of chaos theory on sociology / Renate Mayntz -- Strange attractors and the origin of chaos / Yoshisuke Ueda -- Panel discussion : the impact of chaos on science and society -- Opening address / Heitor Gurgulino de Souza
Summary Presented here are contributions from mathematicians, physicists, biological and medical scientists, geoscientists, engineers, economists, and social scientists - including pioneers and world leaders in research on chaos. The result is a lively and stimulating international, interdisciplinary exchange of experiences and ideas on chaotic phenomena. The volume concludes with an exchange among the experts on the past and possible future impacts chaos has had in the physical and social sciences. This book offers an assessment of the general impact of chaos theory and, it is hoped, will further enhance the interaction among scientists who may discover that chaotic dynamics play an important part in their respective fields
Notes "UNUP-882"--T.p. verso
Papers from a conference held Apr. 15-17, 1991 at the University of Tokyo
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Chaotic behavior in systems -- Congresses.
Chaotic behavior in systems -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
Chaotic behavior in systems -- Social aspects.
Chaotic behavior in systems.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Grebogi, Celso, 1947-
Yorke, James A.
LC no. 2001267042
ISBN 9280808826