Overview: Explores in each chapter nonlinear phenomena drawn from a unique discipline within the physical and social sciences, engineering, and medicine.Includes supplementary material: .Drawing examples from mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, economics, medicine, politics, and sports, this book illustrates how nonlinear dynamics plays a vital role in our world. Examples cover a wide range from the spread and possible control of communicable diseases, to the lack of predictability in long-range weather forecasting, to competition between political groups and nations..After
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