by Ziauddin Sardar, Angela Adams, Iwona Abrams · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781848310131
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«Introducing Chaos: A Graphic Guide» is the graphic guide by Ziauddin Sardar and Iwona Abrams, published by Icon Books in paperback (176 pages, in English).
Explains how chaos theory manifests in very different phenomena, from fluctuations in animal populations to the ups and downs of the stock market. Examines its roots in modern mathematics and physics and explores its relationship with complexity, the unifying theory that suggests all complex systems evolve from a few simple rules.
Part of the «Introducing» series. LC classification: Q172.5.C45.
For readers seeking an accessible and visual introduction to chaos theory and complexity, without the need for advanced mathematical knowledge.
Ziauddin Sardar is a British-Pakistani scholar, award-winning writer, cultural critic and public intellectual who specialises in Muslim thought, the future of Islam, futures studies, Critique of modernity, postmodernism and science and cultural relations. He has written and edited more than 60 books. Prospect magazine named him as one of Britain's top 100 public intellectuals and The Independent newspaper called him: 'Britain's own Muslim polymath'.
