Chaos and Determinism

Turbulence as a Paradigm for Complex Systems Converging Toward Final States

Häftad, Engelska, 1995

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Beskrivning

In this volume, members of the French Academy from several disciplines - including fluid mechanics, economics, philosophy, theoretcial physics and biology - offer scientific and theoretical analyses of the concepts of order, chaos and determinism as they emerge in such complex and diverse systems as atmosphere, oceans, monetary economics and biological organisms. Using turbulence in fluid mechanics as the chief model, the authors describe and explain the behaviour of systems that tend toward a particular end-state, such as an attractor in dynamic systems. The result is an interdisciplinary study of complex behaviour and its philosophical consequences in fluid mechanics, meteorology, oceanography, physics, embryology, genetics and economics.

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Utgivningsdatum:1995-04-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt:312 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:208
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801849121

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Alexandre Favre is emeritus professor of fluid mechanices at the University of Aix-Marseille. Henri Guitton is honorary professor of economics at the Sorbonne. Jean Guitton is honorary professor of philosophy at the Sorbonne. Andre Lichnerowicz is honorary professor of physical theories at the Collège de France. Etienne Wolff is honorary professor of biology and an administrator at the Collège de France. All are members of the French Academy.

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"I found this most unusual book to be very stimulating. It really did achieve its objective of breaking academic barriers."--Julian C. R. Hunt, reviewing the French edition

Innehållsförteckning

Methods, concepts and vocabulary; turbulence in fluid mechanics; the atmosphere and the hydrosphere - the media of life; physical theories - groups, the calculus of variations, relativity, statistical mechanics and quantum mechanics; biology; economics, turbulence and chaos; conclusions; a philosopher's reflections, Jean Guitton.