Chaos. Part 2 of 2 / Steven Strogatz.

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9781598034509

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Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2008]

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2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 62 pages ; 19 cm).

General Note:

Lectures 13-24 of 24 lectures on 2 discs.

Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and notes, a time line, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.

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Contents:

Part 2. Disc 3. Lecture 13. Fractals--the geometry of chaos -- lecture 14. The properties of fractals -- lecture 15. A new concept of dimension -- lecture 16. Fractals around us -- lecture 17. Fractals inside us -- lecture 17. Fractals inside us -- lecture 18. Fractal art -- lecture 18. Fractal art -- Disc 4. Lecture 19. Embracing chaos--from tao to space travel -- lecture 20. Cloaking messages with chaos -- lecture 21. Chaos in health and disease -- lecture 22. Quantum chaos -- lecture 23. Synchronization -- lecture 24. The future of science.

Summary:

Chaos theory, " according to Dr. Steven Strogatz, Director of the Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University, "is the science of how things change." It describes the behavior of any system whose state evolves over time and whose behavior is sensitive to small changes in its initial conditions.

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Chaotic behavior in systems

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