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... determinism and chaos , now have a new theo- retical relevance as well as an enduring mythic resonance . In turn , even as it is currently being made accessible to vast audiences in Jurassic Park and other popular works , chaos theory ...
... determinism and chaos , now have a new theo- retical relevance as well as an enduring mythic resonance . In turn , even as it is currently being made accessible to vast audiences in Jurassic Park and other popular works , chaos theory ...
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... determinism when , but not before , their interventions are firmly fixed in the text . Chance certainly serves the deterministic purposes of the de- monic playwright - surrogate , lago . It is hard to find a discussion of Shakespeare ...
... determinism when , but not before , their interventions are firmly fixed in the text . Chance certainly serves the deterministic purposes of the de- monic playwright - surrogate , lago . It is hard to find a discussion of Shakespeare ...
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... determinism arises , however , when a system has competing attrac- tors towards which an initial state may be drawn . . . We suggest that ' riddled ' systems of this kind may not be uncommon . ( p . 138 ) Shakespeare's plays in which ...
... determinism arises , however , when a system has competing attrac- tors towards which an initial state may be drawn . . . We suggest that ' riddled ' systems of this kind may not be uncommon . ( p . 138 ) Shakespeare's plays in which ...
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chaos classics and modern culture | 1 |
chaos theory Miltons Eden and Jurassic | 26 |
selfsimilarities in Shakespeare | 75 |
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