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9781932031973

Chaos and Harmony: Perspectives on Scientific Revolutions of the Twentieth Century

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  • ISBN13:

    9781932031973

  • ISBN10:

    1932031979

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-03-01
  • Publisher: Templeton Foundation Pr
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $22.95

Summary

From the subatomic world to the vast realm of quasars and galaxies, from the nature of mathematics to the fractal characteristics of the human circulatory system, an astronomer takes us on a breathtaking tour of the universe. 22 halftones. Line illustrations.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Truth and Beauty 3(8)
2 Contingency and Necessity: The Formation of the Solar System 11(52)
3 Chaos in the Cosmic Machinery, and Uncertainty in Determinism 63(62)
4 The Austere Beauty of Symmetry 125(74)
5 The Unbearable Strangeness of Atoms 199(54)
6 The Creative Universe 253(36)
7 The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Thought 289(46)
Notes 335(4)
Glossary 339(10)
Bibliography 349(1)
Photo Credits 350(1)
Index 351

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