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.