Field of mathematics about dynamical systems highly sensitive to initial conditions

223 pages, [16] pages of plates : black and white illustrations, colour plates ; 24 cm

The New Scientist guide to chaos / edited by Nina Hall.

221 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Nature's patterns : a tapestry in three parts / Philip Ball.

ix, 208 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Complexity : life at the edge of chaos / Roger Lewin.

xi, 352 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm

Chaos : making a new science / James Gleick.

xiv, 401 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

The impact of chaos on science and society / edited by Celso Grebogi and James A. Yorke.

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The New Scientist guide to chaos / edited by Nina Hall.

Nature's patterns : a tapestry in three parts / Philip Ball.

Complexity : life at the edge of chaos / Roger Lewin.

Chaos : making a new science / James Gleick.

The impact of chaos on science and society / edited by Celso Grebogi and James A. Yorke.