Re: chaos text

[Stephen Murray <murray8@LLNL.GOV>]

A book that I found to be pretty good is "Order Within Chaos," by Berge,
Pomeau, & Vidal, (ISBN 0471849677).  It was used as a text in an
upper-division nonlinear dynamics course that I took.  Its level is such,
though, that if you've had some undergraduate mechanics it shouldn't be too
much of a stretch.  The main drawback is that its price seems to have
skyrocketed--Amazon lists it at US$175.

> I just finished reading James Gleick's excellent book
> _Chaos_.  I would like to read a more mathematical
> treatment of the same subject, but something that is
> still accessible.  I have taken only one course in
> differential equations and three semesters of college
> physics.

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