{"product_id":"fractals-chaos-power-laws-manfred-schroeder-9780486472041","title":"Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws: Minutes from an Infinite Paradise","description":"\"As notable as the book's broad sweep is the author's good-natured, humorous presentation. The willing reader can sit back and enjoy an all-encompassing, irrepressibly enthusiastic tour, ranging from psycho physics to quasicrystals, from gambling strategies to Bach concertos, from the construction of Cantor sets to the design of concert halls.\" -- \u003ci\u003ePhysics Today\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Such a richness of topics and amazing splendor of illustrations!\" -- \u003ci\u003eMathematics Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \"An inviting exposition for a literate but not highly scientific audience.\" -- \u003ci\u003eAmerican Mathematical Monthly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThis fascinating book explores the connections between chaos theory, physics, biology, and mathematics. Its award-winning computer graphics, optical illusions, and games illustrate the concept of self-similarity, a typical property of fractals. Author Manfred Schroeder -- hailed by \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e as a modern Lewis Carroll -- conveys memorable insights in the form of puns and puzzles that relate abstract mathematics to everyday experience.\u003cbr\u003eExcellent entertainment for readers with a grasp of algebra and some calculus, this book forms a fine university-level introduction to fractal math. Eight pages of color images clarify the text, along with numerous black-and-white illustrations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Manfred Schroeder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486472043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486472041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.00d","brand":"Manfred Schroeder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43919913025791,"sku":"9780486472041","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a1cac103-ee68-4763-8fc8-65ce88decad0.jpg?v=1680812601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fractals-chaos-power-laws-manfred-schroeder-9780486472041","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}