Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!haven!h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!muvms1!lib007 From: lib007@muvms1.bitnet Newsgroups: comp.ai Subject: Re: Citation to CHAOS Message-ID: <4066@muvms1.bitnet> Date: 15 Jun 89 15:01:36 GMT References: <10333@ihlpb.ATT.COM> <3850@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <52019@linus.UUCP> <1309@lzfme.att.com> <1966@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> <528@orawes <54908@linus.UUCP> <249@utrcu1.UUCP> Organization: Marshall University Lines: 22 In article <249@utrcu1.UUCP>, goedhart@utrcu1.UUCP (Goedhart) writes: > For all folks interested in free will and such, there is an interesting > book, altough not entirely on this subject. The book I am refering to is > called CHAOS and was written by James Gleick. > > I'm sorry, but I can't give you exact details of the book. It is > momentarily not in reach, and it is a Dutch translation.... > > Bye, Peter. > (I am momentarily using the account of a friend.) The book was published in the US by Viking Press in 1987. I have the author listed as Geick rather than Gleick, but I don't have the book in front of me. It is an excellent narrative account of the development of dynamical systems theory. The full title is CHAOS: THE MAKING OF A NEW SCIENCE. -- lib007@muvms1.bitnet,Marshall University Fred R. Reenstjerna | All my life's a circle, 400 Hal Greer Blvd | sunup to sundown.... Huntington, WV 25755 | (304)696 - 2335 |