*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. v*Acknowledgements, pg. vii*1. What is the use of chaos?, pg. 3*2. A graphical zoo of strange and peculiar attractors, pg. 15*3. One-dimensional iterative maps, pg. 39*4. Two-dimensional iterative maps, pg. 58*5. Chaos in feedback systems, pg. 99*6. The Lorenz equations, pg. 111*7. Instabilities and chaos in lasers and optical resonators, pg. 135*8. Differential systems in ecology and epidemiology, pg. 158*9. Oscillations and chaos in cellular metabolism and physiological systems, pg. 179*10. Periodically forced nonlinear oscillators, pg. 211*11. Chaotic cardiac rhythms, pg. 237*12. Chaotic oscillations and bifurcations in squid giant axons, pg. 257*13. Quantifying chaos with Lyapunov exponents, pg. 273*14. Estimating the fractal dimensions and entropies of strange attractors, pg. 291*15. How chaotic is the universe?, pg. 315*Index, pg. 321
