Dynamics: The Geometry of Behavior (Studies in Nonlinearity) (Paperback)

by Ralph Abraham (Author), Christopher D. Shaw (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 642 pages
• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company; 2 edition (January 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201567172
• ISBN-13: 978-0201567175
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.1 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,331,962 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, August 13, 2001

By	Jihwan Myung (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Some concepts, seemingly obscure and esoteric became intuitively obvious with this book. A great ``picture book'' that will certainly complement any standard textbook in chaotic dynamics. I may sound like a bookseller. But, hey, this book is good!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is great, June 19, 2003

By	Giant Panda (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

It is hard to describe this book without sounding like a bookseller. It is explains the most complex concepts in very simple and elegant "cartoons", so it has the additional advantage of being fun to read. I read the whole thing just a couple of months.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dynamics in pictures, April 22, 2006

By	Kiran K. Konde "KK" (Blacksburg, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a great book to have as a suppliment to any of the classical dynamical systems books. The book starts with phase diagrams for periodic behaviour then moves on to explain the dynamics of chaotic and bifurcation behaviours entirely in pictures. This book will suppliment traditional nonlinear dynamics courses at advanced undergraduate level.