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| Exam preparation: Be familiar with the contents of James Gleick book on Chaos Be familiar with terms such as Fractals, fractal geometry and fractal dimension.Be able to describe the term strange attractor and two examples thereof. Know the difference between statical and dynamical systems. Know how to explain the concept of feedback with some examples. Study the interactive diagram we have used. Here is the latest version Here is last year's midterm Know how to describe the work of these five names Look at the variety of physical structures on this website as we did in class. |
"Architecture is the art of creating physical structures to suit social, emotional, religious political structures"
"Structures, structures, structures everywhere....."
Matthew Lella, former student in the course
"I think the next century will be the century of
complexity"
Stephen Hawking
How big is this grain..? (see at bottom of Course Outline)
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An investigation into the nature of various forms
of structure that will hopefully lead to a better understanding
of Order, Disorder, Chaos, Stability, Nature, Human
Constructs, Animal Constructs, History and the Future.
