Introduction to Chaos and Fractals

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Schedule

• Week One
  • Monday 5 January:
  • Wednesday 7 January: No lab session.
  • Thursday 8 January: The Butterfly Effect, pp. 9-32. Do not read the Prologue .
• Week Two
  • Monday 12 January:
    • Revolutions, pp. 35-56
    • Wikipedia entry on The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
    • (Optional) Thomas Kuhn entry on Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
  • Wednesday 14 January: Lab session. Meet at 2:45 or 4:00.
  • Thursday 15 January: No new reading.
• Week Three
  • Monday 19 January: No new reading.
  • Wednesday 21 January: Lab session. Meet at 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, or 4:45.
  • Thursday 22 January: Remarks on Human Ecology, Bill Carpenter
• Week Four
  • Monday 26 January: Life's Ups and Downs, pp. 59-80.
  • Wednesday 28 January: Lab cancelled due to snow and meteorological mayhem.
  • Thursday 29 January: The Best Possible Time to be Alive, Robert May.
• Week Five
  • Monday 2 February: Universality, pp 157-187.
  • Wednesday 4 February: Lab session. Meet at 2:45 or 4:15 in Deering Common
  • Thursday 5 February: The Experimenter
• Week Six
  • Monday 9 February: A Geometry of Nature, pp 83-118.
  • Wednesday 11 February: Lab session. Meet at 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, or 4:45.
  • Thursday 12 February: Strange Attractors, pp. 121-153.
• Week Seven
  • Monday 16 February: No Reading. Fractal "show and tell"
  • Wednesday 18 February: Lab session. Meet at 2:45, 3:15, 4:00, or 4:45.
  • Thursday 19 February: TBA
• Week Eight
  • Monday 23 February: Snow Day! Class Cancelled.
  • Wednesday 25 February: Lab session. Meet at 2:45 or 4:15.
  • Thursday 26 February: Images of Chaos, pp. 215-240. The Dynamical Systems Collective, pp. 243-272.
• Week Nine
  • Monday 2 March: Inner Rhythms, pp. 275-300.
  • Wednesday 4 March: Lab session. Meet at 2:45 or 4:15 in the Davis Kitchen.
  • Thursday 5 March : TBA