The first and still the most complete introduction to chaos — required reading — BUT with certain caveats. First: Gleick has no philosophical or poetic depth; he actually begins the book with a quote from John Updike! No mention of chaos my…"Apparent Collapse", while certainly not a blueprint for Egg construction, nevertheless constitutes one of the few bits of "hard" science published openly on our Subject. Unfortunately, its theorems and diagrams are doubtless comprehensible…
Pak Hardjanto
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Pak Hardjanto appears to be a scientist or theorist whose work "Apparent Collapse" addresses foundational mathematical or physical problems relevant to the course's concern with chaos and complex systems, though the excerpt is truncated. The reading treats Hardjanto's contribution as rare "hard" science available in open publication on subjects central to the seminar, even while acknowledging its extreme technical difficulty and limited accessibility—positioning it as both essential and almost incomprehensibly specialized.
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