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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
CHAPTER 1. Chance 3
CHAPTER 2. Mathematics and Physics 8
CHAPTER 3. Probabilities 14
CHAPTER 4. Lotteries and Horoscopes 20
CHAPTER 5. Classical Determinism 26
CHAPTER 6. Games 34
CHAPTER 7. Sensitive Dependence on Initial Condition 39
CHAPTER 8. Hadamaid, Duhem, and Poincare 45
CHAPTER 9. Turbulence: Modes 51
CHAPTER 10. Turbulence: Strange Attr actors 57
CHAPTER 11. Chaos: A New Paradigm 66
CHAPTER 12. Chaos: Consequences 73
CHAPTER 13. Economics 80
CHAPTER 14. Historical Evolutions 86
CHAPTER 15. Quanta: Conceptual Framework 91
CHAPTER 16. Quanta: Counting States 97
CHAPTER 17. Entropy 103
CHAPTER 18. Irreversibility 109
CHAPTER 19. Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics 115
CHAPTER 20. Boiling Water and the Gates of Hell 122
CHAPTER 21. Information 129
CHAPTER 22. Complexity, Algorithmic 136
CHAPTER 23. Complexity and Godel's Theorem 143
CHAPTER 24. The True Meaning of Sex 150
CHAPTER 25. Intelligence 156
CHAPTER 26. Epilogue: Science 162
Notes 167

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents v
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
CHAPTER 1. Chance 3
CHAPTER 2. Mathematics and Physics 8
CHAPTER 3. Probabilities 14
CHAPTER 4. Lotteries and Horoscopes 20
CHAPTER 5. Classical Determinism 26
CHAPTER 6. Games 34
CHAPTER 7. Sensitive Dependence on Initial Condition 39
CHAPTER 8. Hadamaid, Duhem, and Poincare 45
CHAPTER 9. Turbulence: Modes 51
CHAPTER 10. Turbulence: Strange Attr actors 57
CHAPTER 11. Chaos: A New Paradigm 66
CHAPTER 12. Chaos: Consequences 73
CHAPTER 13. Economics 80
CHAPTER 14. Historical Evolutions 86
CHAPTER 15. Quanta: Conceptual Framework 91
CHAPTER 16. Quanta: Counting States 97
CHAPTER 17. Entropy 103
CHAPTER 18. Irreversibility 109
CHAPTER 19. Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics 115
CHAPTER 20. Boiling Water and the Gates of Hell 122
CHAPTER 21. Information 129
CHAPTER 22. Complexity, Algorithmic 136
CHAPTER 23. Complexity and Godel's Theorem 143
CHAPTER 24. The True Meaning of Sex 150
CHAPTER 25. Intelligence 156
CHAPTER 26. Epilogue: Science 162
Notes 167

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