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100 1 _aBuchanan, Mark.
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245 1 0 _aUbiquity :
_bthe science of history-- or why the world is simpler than we think /
_cMark Buchanan.
250 _a1st American ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bCrown Publishers,
_cc2001.
300 _a273 p. :
_bill ;
_c25 cm.
500 _aFirst published: Great Britain : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2000.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 245-259) and index.
510 0 _aBooklist.
510 0 _aLibrary Journal.
510 0 _aPublisher's Weekly.
520 _aTells the story of the scientific discovery that there is a natural structure of instability woven into the fabric of the world that leads to catastrophes of all kinds--such as earthquakes, forest fires, and stock market crashes--and makes them impossible to predict.
521 2 _aAdult
_bFollett Library Resources.
650 0 _aCausality (Physics)
_932128
650 0 _aPattern formation (Physical sciences)
_932129
650 7 _aCausality (Physics)
_2sears.
_932128
650 7 _aChaos (Science)
_2sears.
_910901
650 7 _aHistory
_xPhilosophy.
_2sears.
_913662
650 7 _aScience
_xPhilosophy.
_2sears.
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