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1. Structural Stability And Morphogenesis (Advanced Books Classics) by Rene Thom | |
Paperback: 400
Pages
(1994-01-21)
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Seminal work, a thoughtful book ahead of its time
An Ingenious Classic Thom uses topology as his primary mathematical tool for describing and investigating catastrophes and stabilities. As such, this is primarily a qualitative, not a quantitative, approach.The advantage of this is that it allows Thom to spend a great deal of time discussing general characteristics without getting bogged down in formulae or proofs. Indeed, the book is largely text, interspersed with graphs and only the occasional polynomial or differential equations. And Thom is very insightful when discussing those general characteristics. Along the way he comments on everything from embryology to societal structures as viewed from the perspective of catastrophe theory. Much of the value of the book is buried not in the technical results as it is in his understated comments and speculations regarding the myriad of applications he investigates. Alot of careful and deep thought is present, and there is a significant amount of pregnant wisdom inside. I originally came to read Thom via the profound books of theoretical biologist Robert Rosen. As someone not conversant in topology or catastrophe theory, I can say that there were some parts that were a technical struggle, but the content is well worth the effort. Someone versed in the math of dynamical systems and topology would be the more typical target audience. But I stress again that the technical value is equalled or surpassed by the insights Thom brings to understanding physical systems of many types. Since there are no publishers notes here on Amazon, I will list the table of contents for you:
the only thing he left out was black holes
Thom Sctructural Stabilityand Evolution Explanation |
2. Passion des formes: Dynamique qualitative, semiophysique et intelligibilite : a Rene Thom (Collection Theoria) (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 821
Pages
(1994)
Isbn: 2902126093 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
3. Les catastrophes de la parole, de Roman Jakobson a Rene Thom (Collection Recherches interdisciplinaires) (French Edition) by Jean Petitot-Cocorda | |
Hardcover: 354
Pages
(1985)
Isbn: 2224010311 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
4. de La Grammaire Au Discours: Une Approche Morphodynamique (European Semiotics,) (French Edition) by Wolfgang Wildgen | |
Paperback: 351
Pages
(1999-12)
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Editorial Review Product Description Cet ouvrage repond a une demande legitime: un paradigme nouveau doit montrer son efficacite et son originalite dans tous les secteurs d'une discipline afin de remplacer les paradigmes desuets. |
5. Modeles mathematiques de la morphogenese (French Edition) by Rene Thom | |
Board book: 314
Pages
(1980)
Isbn: 2267002353 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
6. Prédire n'est pas expliquer by René Thom, Emile Noël | |
Mass Market Paperback: 175
Pages
(1997-04-25)
Isbn: 2080812882 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
7. Paraboles et catastrophes by René Thom | |
Mass Market Paperback: 189
Pages
(1999-01-04)
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8. Structural Stability as the Core of René Thom?s Philosophy: From Aristotle to Contemporary Science by Peeter Müürsepp | |
Paperback: 132
Pages
(2010-06-14)
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9. Catastrophe Theoretical Semantics: An Elaboration and Application of Rene Thom's Theory (Pragmatics & beyond) by Wolfgang Wildgen | |
Paperback: 124
Pages
(1982-06)
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10. Fields Medalists: Alexander Grothendieck, Paul Cohen, Atle Selberg, René Thom, Edward Witten, Enrico Bombieri, Alain Connes, John Milnor | |
Paperback: 230
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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11. El astuto atractor humano. Introducción a la ética de René Thom (Spanish Edition) by F. M. Pérez Herranz | |
Kindle Edition:
Pages
(2009-04-29)
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12. Catastrophe theory: Mathematics, Bifurcation theory, Dynamical system, Singularity theory, Qualitative, Magnitude (mathematics), Landslide, René Thom, ... Zeeman, Scalar potential, Broken symmetry | |
Paperback: 100
Pages
(2009-12-11)
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13. Montbéliard: René Thom, Communauté D'agglomération Du Pays de Montbéliard, Principauté de Montbéliard, Château de Montbéliard (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 86
Pages
(2010-08-04)
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14. Naissance à Montbéliard: René Thom, Dominique Voynet, Georges Cuvier, Francis Lopez, Pierre-Frédéric Dorian, Charles Louis Contejean (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 168
Pages
(2010-08-04)
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15. Theoretical Biologists: John Maynard Smith, René Thom, Ludwig Von Bertalanffy, Francisco Varela, Stuart Kauffman, Ronald Fisher, Robert Rosen | |
Paperback: 164
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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16. Topologists: Waclaw Sierpinski, René Thom, Henri Poincaré, Kazimierz Kuratowski, Felix Hausdorff, John Milnor, Vladimir Arnold | |
Paperback: 612
Pages
(2010-09-14)
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17. Brazilian Order of Scientific Merit Recipients: Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, René Thom, Amartya Sen, Oscar Niemeyer, Fernando Henrique Cardoso | |
Paperback: 318
Pages
(2010-09-15)
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18. Mathématicien Du Xxe Siècle: Andrew Wiles, René Thom, Bertrand Russell, Emmy Noether, David Hilbert, Richard Von Mises, Henri-Léon Lebesgue (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 284
Pages
(2010-08-03)
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19. Biography - Thom, Rene Frederic (1923-2002): An article from: Contemporary Authors by Gale Reference Team | |
Digital: 7
Pages
(2003-01-01)
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20. Mathematicien: Mathématicien, Ératosthène, René Thom, Aristote, Pierre-Simon de Laplace, Jules Hoüel, Hipparque (French Edition) | |
Paperback: 634
Pages
(2010-08-03)
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