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[4] To Learn More

[4.1] What should I read to learn more?

  1. Gleick, J. (1987). Chaos, the Making of a New Science.
    London, Heinemann. http://www.around.com/chaos.html
  2. Stewart, I. (1989). Does God Play Dice? Cambridge, Blackwell.
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1557861064
  3. Devaney, R. L. (1990). Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamics: Computer
    Experiments in Mathematics. Menlo Park, Addison-Wesley
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1878310097
  4. Lorenz, E., (1994) The Essence of Chaos, Univ. of Washington Press.
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0295975148
  5. Schroeder, M. (1991) Fractals, Chaos, Power: Minutes from an infinite paradise
    W. H. Freeman New York:
  1. Abraham, R. H. and C. D. Shaw (1992) Dynamics: The Geometry of
    Behavior, 2nd ed. Redwood City, Addison-Wesley.
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    Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. Press.
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    Systems. Menlo Park, Benjamin/Cummings.
    http://math.bu.edu/people/bob/books.html
  4. Kaplan, D. and L. Glass (1995). Understanding Nonlinear Dynamics,
    Springer-Verlag New York. http://www.cnd.mcgill.ca/books_understanding.html
  5. Glendinning, P. (1994). Stability, Instability and Chaos.
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    Frontiers of Science. New York, Springer Verlag.
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  7. Moon, F. C. (1992). Chaotic and Fractal Dynamics. New York, John Wiley.
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  8. Percival, I. C. and D. Richard (1982). Introduction to Dynamics. Cambridge,
    Cambridge Univ. Press. http://www.cup.org/titles/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521281490
  9. Scott, A. (1999). NONLINEAR SCIENCE: Emergence and Dynamics of
    Coherent Structures, Oxford http://www4.oup.co.uk/isbn/0-19-850107-2
    http://www.imm.dtu.dk/documents/users/acs/BOOK1.html
  10. Smith, P (1998) Explaining Chaos, Cambridge
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  11. Strogatz, S. (1994). Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Reading,
    Addison-Wesley
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    Chaos. Chichester, John Wiley and Sons.
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    to Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos. Redwood City, Addison-Wesley.
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  14. Turcotte, Donald L. (1992). Fractals and Chaos in Geology and
    Geophysics, Cambridge Univ. Press.
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    New York, Springer.
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    Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
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[4.2] What technical journals have nonlinear science articles?

Physica D                    The premier journal in Applied Nonlinear Dynamics
Nonlinearity                 Good mix, with a mathematical bias
Chaos                        AIP Journal, with a good physical bent
SIAM J. of Dynamical Systems Online Journal with multimedia
                              http://www.siam.org/journals/siads/siads.htm
Chaos Solitons and Fractals  Low quality, some good applications
Communications in Math Phys  an occasional paper on dynamics
Comm. in Nonlinear Sci.      New Elsevier journal
     and Num. Sim.              http://www.elsevier.com/locate/cnsns
Ergodic Theory and           Rigorous mathematics, and careful work
      Dynamical Systems
International J of           lots of color pictures, variable quality.
    Bifurcation and Chaos
J Differential Equations     A premier journal, but very mathematical
J Dynamics and Diff. Eq.     Good, more focused version of the above
J Dynamics and Stability     Focused on Eng. applications. New editorial
      of Systems              board--stay tuned.
J Fluid Mechanics            Some expt. papers, e.g. transition to turbulence
J Nonlinear Science          a newer journal--haven't read enough yet.
J Statistical Physics        Used to contain seminal dynamical systems papers
Nonlinear Dynamics           Haven't read enough to form an opinion
Nonlinear Science Today      Weekly News: http://www.springer-ny.com/nst/
Nonlinear Processes in       New, variable quality...may be improving
    Geophysics
Physics Letters A            Has a good nonlinear science section
Physical Review E            Lots of Physics articles with nonlinear emphasis
Regular and Chaotic Dynamics Russian Journal 
http://web.uni.udm.ru/~rcd/

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[4.3] What are net sites for nonlinear science materials?

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