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)

内容简介 北京的一只蝴蝶拍了一下翅膀，竟引起加勒比海的飓风﹖上升的香烟柱如何破碎成缭乱的旋涡？旗帜如何在风中前后飘拂？龙头滴水如何从稳定样式变成随机样式？在混沌理论出现后，你已经不能再用传统的眼光和简单的因果关系去理解这个世界了。混沌现象在人们的生活中无处不在！它出现在大气和海洋的湍流中，它出现在飞机的飞翔中，它出现在高速公路上阻塞的汽车群体中，它出现在野生动物种群数的涨落、心脏和大脑的振动以及地下管道的油流中…… 所谓“混沌”，是指看来遵从确定规律的事物也会显现超乎想象的繁复多样，只要有些微的条件差异，就会导致令人瞠目结舌的不同结果。这个蓬勃发展中的理论是继相对论和量子力学问世以来，20世纪物理学的第三次大革命，其覆盖面广及自然科学与社会科学的几乎各个领域。它不仅改变了天文学家看待太阳系的方式，而且开始改变企业家做出保险决策的方式...(展开全部)

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)

Two decades in the making, this long-awaited work from one of the world's most respected scientists presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public. Starting from a collection of simple computer experiments--illustrated in the book by striking computer graphics--Wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the operation of ou...(展开全部)

The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the world in ways that affect-but are also affected by-society and culture. In Making Modern Science, a text designed for introductory college courses in the history of science and as a single-volume introduction for the general reader, Bowler an...(展开全部)

The development of science, according to respected scholars Peter J. Bowler and Iwan Rhys Morus, expands our knowledge and control of the world in ways that affect - but are also affected by - society and culture. In Making Modern Science, a text designed for introductory college courses in the history of science and as a single-volume introduction for the general reader, Bowle...(展开全部)

An illuminating road map—founded on groundbreaking scientific research—pointing the way to a better, happier life From a distinguished economist and leading figure in the new field of happiness studies comes this revolutionary work addressing the elusive concept of happiness and how we can have more of it. Based on sophisticated, cutting-edge scientific research, H...(展开全部)

There is a paradox at the heart of our lives. We all want more money, but as societies become richer, they do not become happier. This is not speculation: It's the story told by countless pieces of scientific research. We now have sophisticated ways of measuring how happy people are, and all the evidence shows that on average people have grown no happier in the last fifty years...(展开全部)