'I have rarely read an introductory matematical book with such pleasure … Those new graduate students who will use any branch of nonlinear systems theory in their studies, and who have not had the advantage of attending Dr Glendinning's final year undergraduate lectures, should sacrifice their bread and beer for the means to rush out and buy this book. More eminent and senior scientists would equally find it worth the sacrifice of a bottle or two of their favorite claret … The book is full of excellent and appropriate examples and virtually empty of errors.' J. Brindley, Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics

• 1. Introduction; 2. Stability; 3. Linear differential systems; 4. Linearization and hyperbolicity; 5. Two-dimensional dynamics; 6. Periodic orbits; 7. Perturbation theory; 8. Bifurcation theory I: stationary points; 9. Bifurcation theory II: periodic orbits and maps; 10. Bifurcational miscellany; 11. Chaos; 12. Global bifurcation theory.