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They were six academic fugitives from prestigious universities and elite private academies--Connor, Petra, Russell, Octavia, Iain, and Taleah--ronin child prodigies and castaway geniuses too smart for the traditional higher educational system.

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This study argues that the evolution of the French novel has been towards cinema, based on chaos and complexity theories. In its attempt to break away from the frozen forms of hierarchical thought inherent to the Monarchy and the Bourgeoisie, to engender a new order of thought, novels have developed techniques and structures such as fragmentation, doublings, flashbacks, or metaphorical representations that are cinematic because they engender a sense of spatial and temporal simultaneity whereas the traditional novel is condemned to the linearity of words. This evolution is significant because the new techniques suspend the reader's habitual frame of reference and engage him/her in a consideration of new relationships. The chapter treating each author begins with the main known reason for the adaptation, then an overview of the novel itself. Thereafter, the techniques of cinema that effectively convey the same message are explored and compared to the literary techniques, followed by a consideration of the failures and the cinematic potential of the literary model.Works include: Diderot's "The Nun" ; Laclos' "Dangerous Liaisons" ; Stendhal's "The Red and the Black" ; Zola's "Nana" ; Proust's "Swann in Love" ; Bernanos' "Mouchette" ; Duras' "The Lover". ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Career Development Quarterly, published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2005. The length of the article is 7643 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Complexity, chaos, and nonlinear dynamics: a new perspective on career development theory.(Articles)
Author: Deborah P. Bloch
Publication: Career Development Quarterly (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 53Issue: 3Page: 194(14)

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Selected papers on contemporary and fundamental physics. Contains experimental approaches to detection of gravitational waves. DLC: Quantum theory. ... Read more

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A study of the metaphorical links between chaos theory and the worlds of culture and literature, this book explores the strange attraction between modern theories of deterministic chaos, mythic fictions by Shakespeare and Milton and current works inspired by chaos theory which range from Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" through detective stories and science fictions, most notably Michael Crichton's "Jurassic Park". It links "high" literature and popular literature with some of the key concepts of chaos theory - the "butterfly effect", "fractals", and the "strange attractor" providing an interesting approach both to widely taught classics and modern literature. It is designed for academics and students of Literature, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Shakespeare and Milton Studies. ... Read more

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Schrodinger's cat is the symbol of the new physics. Conceived by quantum theorist Erwin Schrodinger to illustrate the apparently insoluble conundrums associated with quantum reality, the cat has become a symbol of much that seems unfathomable in 20th-century science. Schrodinger's cat lives in an opaque box with a fiendish device, triggered by the random decay of a radioactive sample, that determines whether the cat is fed food or poison. If a decay particle hits one switch, the cat gets food; if it hits the other it gets poison. Since in the quantum world all possibilities co-exist, the cat is both alive and dead at the same time. Aimed at the law reader, this study explores the key concepts of modern science - chaos theory, the uncertainty principle, relativity and quantum physics - ideas that fall beyond the realms of common sense, but lie at the heart of 20th-century science and philosophy. It highlights fresh ways of thinking that are required to approach these concepts, as well as revealing new ways of looking at ourselves, and at humanity's place in the world and the universe. Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall are the authors of "The Quantum Self" and "The Quantum Society". ... Read more

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This book gives a comprehensive introduction to the applicationof nonlinear dynamics to electronic systems, providing both thetheoretical and experimental foundations for this research field. Allrelevant electronic circuits with chaotic behaviour are described anddiscussed in detail.
Audience: The book is suitable for graduate students andresearchers whose work involves circuits, control systems, and themathematics of engineering. ... Read more

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Applies chaos theory to James Joyce's Ulysses, and specifically to the course of Leopold Bloom's day, ultimately showing how and why chaos theory offers the best model yet for understanding daily human life and a fresh, humanistic understanding of Joyce. ... Read more

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The dozen stories in Steve Watkins’s first book of fiction are funny, and odd, and resonant with clues to the secret ways of men and boys. In settings ranging from the dark underbelly of the Deep South and Texas to New York and beyond this country to Kenya and India, the stories all deal with young and not-so-young men coming of age. Three brainy kids plot to murder a captive elephant at a roadside zoo in Florida. An angry dad in South Georgia takes his daughter’s boyfriend up in a small plane to torture him by doing aerobatics. A failed American social activist seeks enlightenment in an ashram in India, and nearly kills himself by fasting and giving his food to a pair of starving children who end up stealing from him. A widower finds a drowned man washed up on a beach at Fire Island and folds the dead man’s body into a yoga pose. ... Read more

Customer Reviews (7)

Marginal
This book is a general, essentially non-mathematical overview of the author's work and speculations in applying the theory of chaotic dynamics to psychological modeling. After a brief introduction, which mainly focusses on the author's belief that psychological modeling needs new paradigms and must move away from reductionism, she moves on to a literature review in the next chapter. The author argues that a new theoretical framework is needed, which is not shy of metaphysical considerations, and one one that employs a "systems approach" to theory and model building. A few mathematical considerations are employed in the discussion, mainly to set up the discussion of chaos later. The author is not convincing in her arguments against reductionism, for no examples are given as to why this approach is weak. Her discussion of Jungian psychodynamics though is interesting, and motivates the reader to consult the literature for additional insight. And, even though I agree with her stance against operationalism, she does not substantiate her position with any sound arguments. The author spends chapter four on chaotic dynamics in physical systems, but the treatment is purely qualitative, and there are a few instances of undefined terms, for example "chaotic phase". The definition of chaos given in the glossary is not the standard one as it omits any reference to sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Also, in the definition of equilibrium the author refers to the state as one where molecules are "paralyzed", but does not elaborate on this strange terminology.

In chapter 5, the author discusses the application of chaos topsychological modeling. The approach of Jennings/Ward is advocated as the appropriate methodology for psychological modeling. A model of moral behavior is given in terms of the logistic map, with the parameter in that map taken to be a measure of personal self-centeredness. This is modified later to include a contribution of a person's familymeasuring that self-centeredness. The new difference equation models how the person's family measure of self-centeredness affects the rate of change in the person's moral behavior. These models are then solved numerically with the "erratic" behavior of the solution interpreted as moral behavior in highly volatile situations. Unfortunately, the author does not give any empirical justification or attempt at validation for these models. More detailed in-depth research needs to be done when applying dynamical systems to psychological modeling, and such a goal is worthwhile and very important if successful.

The Application of Chaos Theory to the mind is provacative.
The Application of Chaos Theory to Psychological Models is innovative and provocative.Dr. Rae F. Blackerby's comprehensive analysis of the role of the mind within Chaos Theory is a must read for the layman and thescientist.Her application of Chaos Theory to modern day psychology hasimplications we should all explore.The presence of Chaos Theory within anumber of traditional psychological models is explored with penetratinginsight.From a holistic perspective the book covers many bases such asbrain physiology and recent theories regarding psychological complexes.Acomplete review of Chaos Theory's terminology is given enabling the laymento apply the terms accordingly.The research of many outstandingscientists is presented and integrated into this new and exciting field. The book is easily understood by the laymen yet has many remarkableinsights that even a devoted scientist would appreciate.I recommend Dr.Blackerby's book for all.

Not a top of the line book
This seems to be a published thesis.Not very informative

A pleasure to the mind
Having developed a conceptual/teaching model, I have long recognized the value of a demonstrable mathematical underpinning. Newtonian models have offered no hope. Blackerby's book is a fresh breath of spring, a pleasureto the mind and offers an approach worth aggressively pursuing.

Yes,psychology is a field of study with self-patronization to the extreme andover-simplistic explanations. However, this is not to be confused withclarity of thought.

Stimulating approach to promoting inter-disciplinary working
Having read an article in Financial Mail by Keith Bradley, Professor at the Open University, about the value of exploring chaos theory and non-linear modelling in addtion to other economically-driven behaviour,based on a concern that over-simplistic explanations appear not to haveserved researchers and the wider community at all well, I found this bookoffered a stimulating approach to promoting inter-disciplinary working.

I wish the author well in promoting the ideas contained within her book.I hope other disciplines grasp the nettle rather than being self-seekingbased on the narrow constraints of funding streams.

David Thomas,B.Sc.(Econ)Hons - Industrial Relations. ... Read more

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Chaos control refers to purposefully manipulating chaotic dynamical behaviors of some complex nonlinear systems. There exists no similar control theory-oriented book available in the market that is devoted to the subject of chaos control, written by control engineers for control engineers. World-renowned leading experts in the field provide their state-of-the-art survey about the extensive research that has been done over the last few years in this subject. The new technology of chaos control has major impact on novel engineering applications such as telecommunications, power systems, liquid mixing, internet technology, high-performance circuits and devices, biological systems modeling like the brain and the heart, and decision making. The book is not only aimed at active researchers in the field of chaos control involving control and systems engineers, theoretical and experimental physicists, and applied mathematicians, but also at a general audience in related fields. ... Read more

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Bifurcation and Chaos presents a collection of especially written articles describing the theory and application of nonlinear dynamics to a wide variety of problems encountered in physics and engineering. Each chapter is self-contained and includes an elementary introduction, an exposition of the present state of the art, and details of recent theoretical, computational and experimental results. Included among the practical systems analysed are: hysteretic circuits, Josephson circuits, magnetic systems, railway dynamics, rotor dynamics and nonlinear dynamics of speech. This book contains important information and ideas for all mathematicians, physicists and engineers whose work in R & D or academia involves the practical consequences of chaotic dynamics. ... Read more