TY - BOOK AU - Contopoulos,George AU - Voglis,Nikos ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Galaxies and Chaos T2 - Lecture Notes in Physics, SN - 9783540450405 AV - QB4 U1 - 520 23 PY - 2003/// CY - Berlin, Heidelberg PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg KW - Physics KW - Mathematical physics KW - Astronomy, Observations and Techniques KW - Mathematical Methods in Physics KW - Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity KW - Astrophysics and Astroparticles N1 - Order and Chaos -- Orbit Theory -- Observations -- Formation and Evolution of Galaxies -- Solar System Dynamics N2 - Galaxies and Chaos examines the application of tools developed for Nonlinear Dynamical Systems to Galactic Dynamics and Galaxy Formation, as well as to related issues in Celestial Mechanics. The contributions collected in this volume have emerged from selected presentations at a workshop on this topic and key chapters have been suitably expanded in order to be accessible to nonspecialist researchers and postgraduate students wishing to enter this exciting field of research UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b12613 ER -