The Chaos Center at the Visual Math Institute
Our books on chaos
- [DGB]
Dynamics the Geometry of Behavior,
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by Ralph Abraham and Chris Shaw.
- A visual introduction to dynamical systems theory,
chaos theory, and the theory of bifurcations;
645 pages, 851 illustrations, all
in four colors in the 2nd edn (out of print).
- The 3rd edn, 1994, monochrome, is available from
Dakota Press.
- The four-color 2nd edition is now out of print.
- The four color 4th edition is currently in production at
Aerial Press.
- [XGE]
Chaos, Gaia, Eros,
by Ralph Abraham.
- World cultural history seen from the chaos theory
point of view. 1994,
Harper San Francisco.
- [JPX]
Chaos in Discrete Dynamical Systems:
- A Visual Introduction in 2 Dimensions
,
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- by Ralph Abraham, Laura Gardini, and Christian Mira
.
- A visual introduction to the theories of chaos and bifurcation
by the method of critical curves.
- Includes extensive computer graphics
by Scott Hotton, Ralph Abraham, and Daniele Fournier-Prunaret;
- and a CD-ROM
by Ron Record and Ralph Abraham.
- Just published (May, 1997) by
Telos/Springer-Verlag.
- [S2X]
The Stairway to Chaos
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by Ralph Abraham, Laura Gardini, and Christian Mira.
- This projected series will provide step-by-step
profusely illustrated book/disk/website text packages
for middle and high school math courses.
In preparation.
A few of our recent articles on chaos theory
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[MS#76] Erodynamics and the Dischaotic Personality, 1993
- An application to psychology
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[MS#92] Chaos and the Millennium, 1997
- Regarding the creation of the future
See also the websites of Ralph's:
Revised 30 December 1998 by Ralph Abraham,
<abraham@vismath.org>