Chaos james gleick review5/24/2023 ![]() Another easy example of a chaotic system is the weather – it changes all the time, with no apparent direction. ![]() You could say that our lives are like that. The other phrase that comes to mind is «sensitive dependence on initial conditions», which simply means that the outcome of an event is extremely susceptible to the initial circumstances. «Order in chaos» is the appropriate phrase that is repeated throughout the book. Change the parameters only slightly, and the order is revealed. Chaos is not the same thing as randomness it is a special type of randomness. But upon closer inspection, the underlying process is ordered, which makes the result only seem random. If my perception of the book is correct, the concept of Chaos itself, is that at first, an event appears as if it is purely random. I’m going to explain a few things first in this paragraph so you can understand the way the book is written. If you really like the image on the cover, then please do yourself a favour and go and search the internet for the phrase «Mandelbrot set», and you’ll come up with loads of pictures equally as fascinating (and you won’t have to read all those pages!). I found myself wanting more – NOT because it was a good book, but because I knew it was poorly written book on a good subject. ![]() ![]() This book only touches on what Chaos actually is. ![]()
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