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Edward Belbruno is President of Innovative Orbital Design, visiting research collaborator in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University, and a consultant on advanced astrodynamics with NASA. He is the author of Capture Dynamics and Chaotic Motions in Celestial Mechanics (Princeton).
When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. In Fly Me to the Moon,...
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Chaos gets a bad rap. Few people realize that without the dynamics of chaos, order would not exist. In fact, nothing would exist. Without chaos, there would be no creation, no structure, and no existence. After all, order is merely the repetition of patterns; chaos is the process that establishes those patterns. L. K. Samuels goes beyond the normal boundaries studied by chaologists. It views science through a political and socioeconomic looking glass,...
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Daniel L. Stein is professor of physics and mathematics at New York University's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. His books include Spin Glasses and Biology. Charles M. Newman is professor of mathematics at NYU's Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and at the University of California, Irvine. His books include Topics in Disordered Systems.
Spin glasses are disordered magnetic systems that have led to the development of mathematical...
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Probablemente como nunca en la Historia se están produciendo cambios muy rápidos y profundos en los sistemas económicos, empresariales y sociales. Tan rápido se suceden que no es fácil dotarlos de una denominación ni de una definición. Se le ha dado en llamar globalización, big data, realidad líquida y, últimamente, transformación digital. Son términos que se han venido a sumar a los de redes sociales, internet de las cosas, cloud computing,...
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Ever wonder what the odds are of being struck by lightning? Or, winning the lottery? Or, meeting someone from Timbuktu with the same middle name as you?
BEYOND COINCIDENCE recounts and analyzes over 200 amazing stories of synchronicity, the likes of:
Laura Buxton, age ten, releases a balloon from her back yard. It lands 140 miles away in the backyard of another Laura Buxton, also age ten.
Two sisters in Alabama decide, independently, to visit the...
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Written when the young science of chaos was gaining a foothold in the scientific community, this book introduces the field's concepts, applications, theory, and technique. Suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, researchers, and teachers of mathematics, physics, and engineering, the text's major prerequisite is familiarity with differential equations and linear vector spaces. Author S. Neil Rasband discusses the major models for...
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Une épopée interstellaire captivante qui explore l'inconnu et les mystères de l'univers.Dans un avenir proche, l'humanité fait face à un phénomène extraordinaire : l'arrivée de visiteurs venus d'ailleurs, des extraterrestres dont les intentions restent mystérieuses. L'humanité se retrouve à la croisée des chemins, confrontée à des choix cruciaux, allant de la coopération à la confrontation.À travers une intrigue palpitante, suivez...
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Think with clarity, depth, and speed. Become an effective problem solver and decision maker.
We often have blind spots for the actual reasons that cause problems in our lives. So we try to fix our issues based on assumptions, false analysis, and mistaken deductions. This can bring a lot of misunderstanding, anxiety, and frustration into our personal and work relationships.
Tools of Systems Thinkers shares powerful strategies to organize your thoughts...
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Would you like to have better solutions to your problems? Struggling to understand why things went wrong when you did everything right?
Learn to Think in Systems can help you with these problems.
Systems surround us and we might not even be aware of it. Your household is a system. The bakery on the corner is a system. Your class at school, your department at work, and your weekend soccer team made of wholehearted dads is a system too. You are a...
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When Santa Fe Institute scientists first started working on economics more than thirty years ago, many of their insights, approaches, and tools were, considered beyond heterodox. These once-disparaged approaches included network economics, agents of limited rationality, and institutional evolution-all topics that are now increasingly considered mainstream. SFI continues to expand the boundary of our economic understanding by pioneering fields as diverse...
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"Exploring the Cosmic Abyss" takes readers on a captivating journey through the enigmatic realm of black holes. From their formation to the quantum mysteries within, the cosmic dance of gravity and light, and the observational challenges faced by astronomers, each chapter unravels a layer of complexity. The book concludes by reflecting on the cosmic tapestry unveiled, leaving readers with a profound understanding
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Invariant manifold theory serves as a link between dynamical systems theory and turbulence phenomena. This volume consists of research notes by author S. S. Sritharan that develop a theory for the Navier-Stokes equations in bounded and certain unbounded geometries. The main results include spectral theorems and analyticity theorems for semigroups and invariant manifolds. The treatment is suitable for researchers and graduate students in the areas...
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Harnessing Circadian Rhythms for an Optimal Life" is a comprehensive guide that explores the fascinating world of circadian rhythms and how they can be utilized to enhance the quality of life. From understanding the science behind these internal clocks to practical strategies for aligning our routines with them, this book covers a wide range of topics. It delves into the impact of circadian rhythms on sleep, productivity, mental health, aging, travel,...
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This book introduces college students and other readers to the uses of probability and statistics in the physical sciences, focusing on thermal and statistical physics and touching upon quantum physics. Widely praised as beautifully written and thoughtful, Reasoning About Luck explains concepts in a way that readers can understand and enjoy, even students who are not specializing in science and those outside the classroom - only some familiarity with...
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Life is an enduring mystery. Yet, science tells us that living beings are merely sophisticated structures of lifeless molecules. If this view is correct, where do the seemingly purposeful motions of cells and organisms originate? In Life's Ratchet, physicist Peter M. Hoffmann locates the answer to this age-old question at the nanoscale.
Below the calm, ordered exterior of a living organism lies microscopic chaos, or what Hoffmann calls the molecular...
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Regain focus. Select relevant information. Make quick and clear decisions.
We are dealing with too many options, too much information, conflicting advice on general choices like what diet to choose, or who to choose as a mate. It's hard to maintain focus and be confident in our decisions under such conditions.
The Systems Thinker -Mental Models helps you make decisions based on your relevant thought patterns and true values. Finding the most relevant...
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Regain focus. Select relevant information. Make quick and clear decisions. We are dealing with too many options, too much information, conflicting advice on general choices like what diet to choose, or who to choose as a mate. It's hard to maintain focus and be confident in our decisions under such conditions. “The Systems Thinker —Mental Models” helps you make decisions based on your relevant thought patterns and true values. Finding the most...
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Get out of that rut. Find long-term solution to your problems.
We have the best of intentions to improve our conditions, but often our solutions fall short of improving our lives. Our best efforts can result in the opposite of what we want over time. If we apply conventional thinking to complex issues, we often maintain or feed the very problems we want to fix. How to avoid this trap? I will tell you in this book.
Think in Systems is a concise information...
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Learn to be comfortable with change. Increase your tolerance for uncertainty. Chaos and unpredictability dominate our world- affecting even the smallest of events. We often cannot predict how seemingly insignificant actions will alter our lives. This may lead us into rash decisions driven by the urge to regain control and quickly fix problems. But poorly considered decisions often create more problems for us than they solve. If you can't fight something,...
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