This book has been written in a frankly partisian spirit-we believe that singularity theory offers an extremely useful approach to bifurcation prob­ lems and we hope to convert the reader to this view. In this preface we will discuss...

"Symmetry in Chaos: A Search for Pattern in Mathematics, Art and Nature" von Martin Golubitsky und Michael Field untersucht die faszinierende Verbindung zwischen Chaos und Symmetrie. Das Buch erklärt, wie komplexe Muster und Strukturen...