Chaos theory

Can a flap of a butterfly's wing cause a hurricane on the other side of the earth? Chaos theory studies the enormous future consequences that simple changes in the present can create. It is an intuitive idea, but it leads us toward a new and deep understanding of natural sciences. Leonard Smith in this book from the "Very Short Introduction" series presents one of the most exciting and fastest-growing fields in mathematics and sciences today; where he reveals to us the fascinating aspects of chaos in the real world, starting from daily weather conditions and ending with the greenhouse effect. Leonard Smith is a senior researcher in mathematics at Pembroke College, Oxford University, a professor of statistics at the London School of Economics, and the director of the Time Series Analysis Center at the London School of Economics.