Chaos: Making a New Science
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Chaos: Making a New Science is a popular science book that introduced and explained the concepts and history of chaos theory to a broad audience.
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| Chaos: Making a New Science canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chaos: Making a New Science Context triple: [James Gleick, notableWork, Chaos: Making a New Science]
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A.
The Representation of Chaos
The Representation of Chaos is the dramatic opening section of Haydn’s oratorio "The Creation," depicting the primordial disorder before the emergence of light and order through striking harmonic and orchestral effects.
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B.
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is a critically acclaimed 2005 studio album by Paul McCartney that showcases a more introspective, stripped-down songwriting and production style.
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C.
The New Science
The New Science is Giambattista Vico’s seminal 18th-century philosophical work that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays early foundations for the modern human and social sciences.
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D.
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach is a Pulitzer Prize–winning interdisciplinary book by Douglas Hofstadter that explores deep connections between mathematics, art, music, and human consciousness.
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E.
With the Grain of the Universe
With the Grain of the Universe is a theological work by Stanley Hauerwas that explores the nature and task of theology through engagement with figures like Karl Barth, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hans Frei.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Chaos: Making a New Science Target entity description: Chaos: Making a New Science is a popular science book that introduced and explained the concepts and history of chaos theory to a broad audience.
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A.
The Representation of Chaos
The Representation of Chaos is the dramatic opening section of Haydn’s oratorio "The Creation," depicting the primordial disorder before the emergence of light and order through striking harmonic and orchestral effects.
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B.
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
Chaos and Creation in the Backyard is a critically acclaimed 2005 studio album by Paul McCartney that showcases a more introspective, stripped-down songwriting and production style.
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C.
The New Science
The New Science is Giambattista Vico’s seminal 18th-century philosophical work that proposes a cyclical theory of history and lays early foundations for the modern human and social sciences.
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D.
Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach is a Pulitzer Prize–winning interdisciplinary book by Douglas Hofstadter that explores deep connections between mathematics, art, music, and human consciousness.
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E.
With the Grain of the Universe
With the Grain of the Universe is a theological work by Stanley Hauerwas that explores the nature and task of theology through engagement with figures like Karl Barth, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hans Frei.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | popular science book ⓘ |
| aimedAt | general audience ⓘ |
| author | James Gleick ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| covers |
development of nonlinear science
ⓘ
history of chaos theory ⓘ |
| describes |
Lorenz attractor
ⓘ
bifurcation ⓘ butterfly effect ⓘ
linked to:
chaos theory
fractal ⓘ logistic map ⓘ sensitivity to initial conditions ⓘ strange attractor ⓘ
linked to:
Rössler attractor
|
| featuresPerson |
Benoit Mandelbrot
ⓘ
linked to:
Benoît Mandelbrot
David Ruelle ⓘ Edward Lorenz ⓘ
linked to:
Edward N. Lorenz
F. David Peitgen ⓘ James Yorke ⓘ Mitchell Feigenbaum ⓘ Robert May ⓘ |
| genre |
popular science
ⓘ
science history ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
audiobook
ⓘ
ebook ⓘ hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780143113454 ⓘ |
| hasReception | critical acclaim ⓘ |
| hasSubjectArea |
biology
ⓘ
engineering ⓘ mathematics ⓘ meteorology ⓘ philosophy of science ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| influenced | public understanding of chaos theory ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
chaos theory
ⓘ
dynamical systems ⓘ mathematics ⓘ nonlinear dynamics ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interdisciplinary treatment of mathematics and physics
ⓘ
popularizing chaos theory ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Viking Penguin
ⓘ
linked to:
Penguin Books
Viking Press ⓘ
linked to:
The Viking Press
|
| timePeriodCovered | 20th century ⓘ |
| usedIn | university courses on chaos and complexity ⓘ |
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Subject: Chaos: Making a New Science Description of subject: Chaos: Making a New Science is a popular science book that introduced and explained the concepts and history of chaos theory to a broad audience.
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subject linked to:
Gleick