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    Cover of Chance and chaos

    Chance and chaos

    David Ruelle · 1991

    Data & Statistics
    Open LibraryAmazon
    Stats for nerds
    3recommend
    3mentions
    3people
    2014–2025years
    100% recommend

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    1. LibidinaleconNov 2025
      Really visually wonderful. I tried to self learn about nonlinear dynamics after reading about Takens's theorem last year but I have to admit, I have no idea what an attractor is actually showing like this.

      This might be inspiration to try to grasp these ideas again.

      Rotating the Lorenz makes me think otherwise though because given the amount of time I put into this, I should understand that much more than I do.

      Chance and Chaos by David Ruelle is a wonderful little book.

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    2. denizenerSep 2024
      The best writing on economics I have ever read is in the book Chance and Chaos by David Ruelle.

      Ruelle gives some thoughts on economics but ultimately concludes something like "we don't currently have the tools needed to properly study this subject".

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    3. homerowilsonApr 2014
      David Ruelle elegantly discusses similar ideas in a great nontechnical book called Chance and Chaos (1995). Worth reading.
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