Reserve books
The following are on reserve at the Science Library:
- R. H. Abraham and C. D. Shaw,
Dynamics, the Geometry of Behavior, 1992.
- A visual introduction to chaos theory, with hundreds
of four-color illustrations.
- R. H. Abraham, Chaos, Gaia, Eros, 1994.
- Here we find the division of history
into three epochs: static, periodic, and chaotic.
- G. G. Joseph, The Crest of the Peacock, 1992.
- Unique survey of the non-European roots of mathematics.
- V. Katz, An Introduction to the History of Mathematics, 1992.
- The most comprehensive of the recent texts on this subject.
- Check out also books by: Eves, Burton, Boyer.
- W. I. Thompson, Coming into Being, 1996.
- This is the analysis of the monumental texts for
the four cultural ecologies: Rithmetic, Geometric, Dynamic, and Chaotic.
- E. C. Zeeman, Category Theory, 1977.
- The nuclear text for the now extinct theory of catastrophes.
- Math 181 student projects, 1989, 1990, and 1991
- These examples will help you gauge your projects.
Revised 16 April 1997.