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A revolution occurred quietly in teh development of physics-or,more accu-rately,of science-in the last three decades.The revolution touches uponevery discipline in both the natural and social sciences.We are referring to the birth of a new science-nonlinear science-which,for the sake of presenta-tion,may be diveded into six parts:fractals,chaos,pattrn formation,sol-itons,cellular automata,and complex systems.　　本书为英文版！