Turbulent Mirror :
An Illustrated Guide to Chaos, Theory and the Science of Wholeness
by John Briggs, F. David Peat, David Peat (Contributor)
Price: $12.00
Category: Science
Paperback - 224 pages Reprint edition (June 1990)
HarperCollins (paper); ISBN: 0060916966 ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.49 x 9.23 x 7.44
Sales Rank: 83,349
Terrific Book!
This book provides a great introduction to chaos theory and strikes a devastating blow to reductionism. Using a historical approach, the book walks the reader through the discoveries and mathematics that underlie fractals, chaos and complexity. It also provides a short, fascinating interview with Ilya Prigogine and a great layperson's introduction to his ideas. Turbulent Mirror makes the point that because of "sensitive dependence on initial conditions" one can not really separate the whole from the parts - in essence there really are no "initial conditions." The only weakness of this book,
IMHO, is the use of occasional Alice and Wonderland illustrations and a few too many quotes from eastern philosophy. These are not overpowering, however, so if you don't like them them can ignore them and enjoy the rest of the material which is truly great.
Reviewer: sophia@efund.com (see more about me) from Portsmouth, NH June 23, 1999
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