Book on Chaos Theory

Gleick's Chaos: Making a New Science is a beautiful book that can be read without pencil and paper.


Divulgative:

Does God Play Dice? The New Mathematics of Chaos by Ian Stewart.

A bit more advanced:

Explaining Chaos by Peter Smith.

College level:

Nonlinear Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems by Ferdinand Verhulst.


Here are my suggestions:

  • Stephen Strogatz Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
  • Online SOOC chaosbook.org
  • Edward Ott Chaos in Dynamical Systems

If you know nothing about nonlinear dynamics, then Strogatz is the best place to start. If you want to jump straight into chaos, then go with Edward Ott's book. I recently discovered the online SOOC--just started, but it seems very promising!

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