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... comparable to the ' strange at- tractors ' ( magnetic basins or points of instability at the heart of a chaotic system ) - may well be technically challenged , since they range far afield from the exact mathematics involved in chaos ...
... comparable to the ' strange at- tractors ' ( magnetic basins or points of instability at the heart of a chaotic system ) - may well be technically challenged , since they range far afield from the exact mathematics involved in chaos ...
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... comparable . This gradation also holds true of more or less complex popular works . In its informational content ... comparable to Milton's God and otherwise comparable to various mythic figures who aspire to be as 56 Strange Attractors ...
... comparable . This gradation also holds true of more or less complex popular works . In its informational content ... comparable to Milton's God and otherwise comparable to various mythic figures who aspire to be as 56 Strange Attractors ...
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... comparable summons . Self - similarity is likewise stressed when ( like the procession of flagellants ) the Dance of Death initially portrayed on a wall- painting is performed , to a solemn music , by virtually all the major characters ...
... comparable summons . Self - similarity is likewise stressed when ( like the procession of flagellants ) the Dance of Death initially portrayed on a wall- painting is performed , to a solemn music , by virtually all the major characters ...
Contents
chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
selfsimilarities in Shakespeare | 75 |
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Strange Attractors: Literature, Culture, and Chaos Theory Harriett Hawkins No preview available - 1995 |
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