Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 364 pages
- Published by: Springer
- Edition: 1st Edition October 30, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 3540341528
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-3540341529
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Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Review
From the reviews:
"The book begins with an engaging outline of the history of nonlinear science, followed by chapters on its main aspects, namely, chaos, solitons, and reaction-diffusion systems. … The book charms with historical and personal vignettes. The bibliography contains 1,087, mostly referenced, entries. … it is a must read for anyone in or near nonlinear science. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty." (J. Mayer, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (9), 2008)
Product Description
Written in Alwyn Scott’s inimitable style – lucid and accessible – The Nonlinear Universe surveys and explores the explosion of activity in nonlinear science that began in the 1970s and 1980s and continues today. The book explains the wide-ranging implications of nonlinear phenomena for future developments in many areas of modern science, including mathematics, physics, engineering, chemistry, biology, and neuroscience. Arguably as important as quantum theory, modern nonlinear science – and an appreciation of its implications – is essential for understanding scientific developments of the twenty-first century.
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