Chance and Chaos

How do scientists look at chance, or randomness, and chaos in physical systems? This book answers this question for a general audience.

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How do scientists look at chance, or randomness, and chaos in physical systems? In answering this question for a general audience, Ruelle writes in the best French tradition: he has produced an authoritative and elegant book--a model of clarity, succinctness, and a humor bordering at times on the sardonic.