Bøker av David Ruelle

British mathematician Alan Turing, credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, he died in 1954 after eating a cyanide-laced apple - his death was ruled a suicide. This book reveals the author's personal reflections on Turing and other fellow mathematicians.

How do scientists look at chance, or randomness, and chaos in physical systems? This book answers this question for a general audience.