Chaos: Making a New Science

How does chaos science represent a paradigm shift within scientific study, in general? Cite evidence from the text and other references you use.

How do order and disorder function within dynamic systems? Are they mutually exclusive or mutually dependent? Support your views by citing evidence from the text and other references you use.

How does fractal geometry change conventional notions about physical space and area? How does the Mandelbrot set illustrate this new understanding? Cite evidence from the text and other references you use in developing an argument.

How does chaos science impact the disciplines of mathematics and physics in particular? What is the difference between theoretical concepts and physical experiments? How are each important to the study of chaos? Support your argument by citing evidence from the text and other references you use.

Research specific ways that culture and politics impact the study of science in general and chaos in particular. Cite evidence from the text and other references you use in developing an argument.

What are the implications of the discovery that nature displays a preference for particular patterns within apparent disorder? Cite evidence from the text and other references you use in developing an argument.

How does the concept of universality in chaos science impact the larger understanding of dynamic systems and, by extension, the understanding of how natural forces and the universe function? Support your argument by citing evidence from the text and other references you use.

How does chaos theory impact the understanding of the emergence and evolution of life itself? What are the limits (if any) of such scientific knowledge?