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Now with an extensive introduction to fractal geometry

Revised and updated, Encounters with Chaos and Fractals, Second Edition provides an accessible introduction to chaotic dynamics and fractal geometry for readers with a calculus background. It incorporates important mathematical concepts associated with these areas and backs up the definitions and results with motivation, examples, and applications.

Laying the groundwork for later chapters, the text begins with examples of mathematical behavior exhibited by chaotic systems, first in one...

Who doesn't like a good cops and robber story? With maybe a kidnapping thrown in as well?

In Quarter Cop and the Penny Patrol, by author Teena Gulick, you will find both. Current City finds itself victim to villains like Dubious Dime and Hilarious Half Dollar. As captain of the city's police department, Quarter and his Penny Patrol stop at nothing to keep the city safe. But Quarter's skills are put to the test when Dubious kidnaps his girlfriend, Penny.

With illustrations by the author and Jamie Carlisle, Quarter Cop and the Penny Patrol is a fun read for children of...

One of the rarest ecosystems on Earth, the Tongass rain forest fringes the coastal panhandle of Alaska and covers thousands of islands in the Alexander Archipelago. It's a place where everything is interconnected: Humpback whales, orcas, and sea lions cruise the forested shorelines. Wild salmon swim upstream into the forest, feeding some of the world's highest...

I recommend this book highly to social scientists who are looking for a review or refresher course in urbanology, advanced undergraduate students, and introductory graduate students. As our American college student bodies become more culturally diverse, "The Humanity of Cities" provides a welcome respite from the usual culture-bound texts that give limited attention, for effect only, of the sterotypical Third World'.

"Contemporary Sociology"

Gulick's style is to develop each topic by presenting appropriate case studies. He manages to include an enormous range of studies, and he...