Chance and Chaos

How do scientists look at chance, or randomness, and chaos in physical systems? In answering this question for a general audience, Ruelle writes in the best French tradition: he has produced an authoritative and elegant book–a model of clarity, succinctness, and a humor bordering at times on the sardonic.How do scientists look at chance, or randomness, and chaos in physical systems? In answering this question for a general audience, Ruelle writes in the best French tradition: he has produced an authoritative and elegant book–a model of clarity, succinctness, and a humor bordering at times on the sardonic.