The fourteen chapters of this book cover the central ideas and concepts of chaos and fractals as well as many related topics including: the Mandelbrot set, Julia sets, cellular automata, L-systems, percolation and strange attractors. This new edition has been thoroughly revised throughout. The appendices of the original edition were taken out since more recent publications cove...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·格雷克（James Gleick）美国最伟大的科普畅销书作家，1954年生于纽约，毕业于哈佛大学。毕业后先到明尼亚博利斯市创办《Metropolis》周报，于1977年返回纽约，在《纽约时报》担任编辑及采访记者十年，成为著名的科技专栏作家。格雷克目前已出版数部十分畅销的科普著作，其中《混沌》、《费曼传》以及《牛顿传》等书多次获得美国国家非文学类图书奖提名，英国非文学类最佳畅销书等奖项，被译作近30种语言，行销全球。 张淑誉，1933年11月生，中国科学院物理研究所高级工程师。主要研究领域为技术经济和计算机软件。曾与郝柏林合著《漫谈物理学和计算机》、《生物信息学手册》等书。 郝柏林，1934年6月生，中国科学院院士，第三世界科学院院士。中国科学院理论物理研究所研究员，中国博士后基金会副理事长。主要研究领域为理论物理、计算物理、非线性科学和理论生...(展开全部)

詹姆斯·格雷克（James Gleick）美国最伟大的科普畅销书作家，1954年生于纽约，毕业于哈佛大学。毕业后先到明尼亚博利斯市创办《Metropolis》周报，于1977年返回纽约，在《纽约时报》担任编辑及采访记者十年，成为著名的科技专栏作家。格雷克目前已出版数部十分畅销的科普著作，其中《混沌》、《费曼传》以及《牛顿传》等书多次获得美国国家非文学类图书奖提名，英国非文学类最佳畅销书等奖项，被译作近30种语言，行销全球。 张淑誉，1933年11月生，中国科学院物理研究所高级工程师。主要研究领域为技术经济和计算机软件。曾与郝柏林合著《漫谈物理学和计算机》、《生物信息学手册》等书。 郝柏林，1934年6月生，中国科学院院士，第三世界科学院院士。中国科学院理论物理研究所研究员，中国博士后基金会副理事长。主要研究领域为理论物理、计算物理、非线性科学和理论生...(展开全部)

Few writers distinguish themselves by their ability to write about complicated, even obscure topics clearly and engagingly. In Chaos, James Gleick, a former science writer for the New York Times, shows that he resides in this exclusive category. Here he takes on the job of depicting the first years of the study of chaos--the seemingly random patterns that characterise many natu...(展开全部)

"Simulation," writes Gary Flake in his preface, "becomes a form of experimentation in a universe of theories. The primary purpose of this book is to celebrate this fact."In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from th...(展开全部)

"Simulation," writes Gary Flake in his preface, "becomes a form of experimentation in a universe of theories. The primary purpose of this book is to celebrate this fact."In this book, Gary William Flake develops in depth the simple idea that recurrent rules can produce rich and complicated behaviors. Distinguishing "agents" (e.g., molecules, cells, animals, and species) from th...(展开全部)

乔治·萨顿(George Sarton，1884～1956)，出生于比利时，但是在美国成就了他的事业。正是在他手中，科学史最终成为一门正式学科。1913年他创办了著名科学史杂Isis，并担任主编长达40年。1940年他被任命为哈佛大学的科学史教授。人们认为他创造了科学史这门学科的“工具、标准以及批判的自觉性”，故誉之为“科学史之父”。萨顿生前出版了15部专著，发表了340多篇论文和札记，编辑了79份详尽的科学史重要研究文献目录。这些都是他留给后人的珍贵遗产。

In this expanded edition, Wheatley provides examples of how non-linear networks and self-organizing systems are flourishing in the modern world. In the midst of turbulence, Wheatley shows, we create work and lives rich in meaning.

Over the last four decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory of the postwar era. When he died two years ago, he was considered to be a thinker on a par with Foucault, Barthes, and Lacan--a public intellectual as influential to his generation as Sartre was to his. "Science of Science and Reflexivity" ...(展开全部)

Over the last four decades, the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory of the postwar era. When he died in 2002, he was considered to be a thinker on a par with Foucault, Barthes, and Lacan--a public intellectual as influential to his generation as Sartre was to his. "Science of Science and Reflexivity" will b...(展开全部)