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An Introduction to Symbolic Dynamics and Coding
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 55.00This first textbook on this important subject is suitable for both engineering and mathematics students. more...
Chaos, Scattering and Statistical Mechanics
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 89.00First book about chaos in statistical mechanics, in Cambridge Nonlinear Science Series. more...
Handbook of Dynamical Systems
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 245.00In this volume, the authors present a collection of surveys on various aspects of the theory of bifurcations of differentiable dynamical systems and related topics. By selecting these subjects, they focus on those developments from which research will be active in the coming years. The surveys are intended to educate the reader on the recent literature... more...
Introduction to Discrete Dynamical Systems and Chaos
Wiley 2011; US$ 180.00A timely, accessible introduction to the mathematics of chaos. The past three decades have seen dramatic developments in the theory of dynamical systems, particularly regarding the exploration of chaotic behavior. Complex patterns of even simple processes arising in biology, chemistry, physics, engineering, economics, and a host of other disciplines... more...
The Drunkard's Walk
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableLeonard Mlodinow reveals the psychological illusions that prevent us understanding everything from stock-picking to wine-tasting, winning the lottery to road safety, and reveals the truth about the success of sporting heroes and film stars, and even how to make sense of a blood test. The Drunkard?s Walk is an exhilarating, eye-opening guide to understanding... more...
Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos
Westview Press 2008; US$ 60.00"This textbook is aimed at newcomers to nonlinear dynamics and chaos, especially students taking a first course in the subject. The presentation stresses analytical methods, concrete examples and geome" more...
Seven Life Lessons of Chaos
HarperCollins 2009; Not AvailableIf you have ever felt your life was out of control and headed toward chaos,science has an important message: Life is chaos, and that's a very exciting thing! In this eye-opening book, John Briggs and F. David Peat reveal sevenenlightening lessons for embracing the chaos of daily life. Be Creative: engage with chaos to find imaginative new solutions... more...
The Why of Things
Columbia University Press 2013; US$ 27.99Why was there a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant? Why do some people get cancer and not others? Why is global warming happening? Why does one person get depressed in the face of life's vicissitudes while another finds resilience?" Questions like these?questions of causality?form the basis of modern scientific inquiry, posing profound intellectual... more...
Asymptotic Time Decay in Quantum Physics
World Scientific Publishing Company 2012; US$ 88.00Time decays form the basis of a multitude of important and interesting phenomena in quantum physics that range from spectral properties, resonances, return and approach to equilibrium, to quantum mixing, dynamical stability properties and irreversibility and the arrow of time.This monograph is devoted to a clear and precise, yet pedagogical... more...









