{"product_id":"fractals-chaos-power-laws-minutes-from-an-infinite-paradise-paperback","title":"Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eManfred Schroeder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs notable as the book's broad sweep is the author's good-natured, humorous presentation. The willing reader can sit back and enjoy an all-encompassing, irrepressibly enthusiastic tour, ranging from psycho physics to quasicrystals, from gambling strategies to Bach concertos, from the construction of Cantor sets to the design of concert halls. -- \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSuch a richness of topics and amazing splendor of illustrations! -- \u003ci\u003eMathematics Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e An inviting exposition for a literate but not highly scientific audience. -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mathematical Monthly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis fascinating book explores the connections between chaos theory, physics, biology, and mathematics. Its award-winning computer graphics, optical illusions, and games illustrate the concept of self-similarity, a typical property of fractals. Author Manfred Schroeder -- hailed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e as a modern Lewis Carroll -- conveys memorable insights in the form of puns and puzzles that relate abstract mathematics to everyday experience.\u003cbr\u003eExcellent entertainment for readers with a grasp of algebra and some calculus, this book forms a fine university-level introduction to fractal math. Eight pages of color images clarify the text, along with numerous black-and-white illustrations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pioneer in the artistic potential of computer graphics, Manfred Schroeder is a world-renowned expert in acoustics. He served as a distinguished member of the research staff of AT \u0026amp; T Bell Laboratories for 33 years and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Goettigen, Germany. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eManfred Schroeder: Making Order Out of Chaos \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eManfred Schroeder (1926-2009) was a German physicist who divided his professional time between Bell Labs and The University of Gottingen. He was a world-renowned authority on acoustics and held numerous patents in many fields. \u003ci\u003eFractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise, \u003c\/i\u003e reprinted by Dover in 2009, is a feast for the reader with a grasp of algebra and some calculus. He or she will find much to enjoy and think about between the covers of this unique book. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritical Acclaim for \u003ci\u003eFractals, Chaos, Power Laws\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003eReaders of James Gleick's 1989 bestseller, \u003ci\u003eChaos, The Making of a New Science, \u003c\/i\u003e will find the revolution predicted there in full swing in this advanced look at 'self-similarity, ' one of chaos theory's most appealing applications. Self-similarity in computer graphics yields the awesome fractal mountain patterns that have made chaos a visible theory for many nonmathematicians. Readers with good command of calculus and some physics will appreciate how far chaos theory has penetrated theoretical physics, biology and the practice of research as described in puns, illustrations and puzzles by this 20th-century Lewis Carroll. Without those skills, however, readers may stand like Alice before a small door that opens on strange new wonders of the physical world, the extended horizons of number theory and advanced math recreation. -- \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs notable as the book's broad sweep is the author's good-natured, humorous presentation. The willing reader can sit back and enjoy an all-encompassing, irrepressibly enthusiastic tour, ranging from psycho-physics to quasicrystals, from gambling strategies to Bach concertos, from the construction of Cantor Sets to the design of concert halls -- \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch a richness of topics and amazing splendor of illustrations. -- \u003ci\u003eMathematics Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 448\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756241846560,"sku":"9780486472041","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f44d2f4d0a9065889acc6976261a6a96.webp?v=1780077332","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/fractals-chaos-power-laws-minutes-from-an-infinite-paradise-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}