| Rating | Meaning |
|---|---|
| **** | A must read. If you've already read it, read again! |
| *** | A good read, well worth your time. |
| ** | Not an entirely bad book, but only read it if you're interested in the subject matter. |
| * | Don't bother, unless you're on an island without anything else. |
| none | Under no circumstances should you read this book! |
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Thereby Hangs A Tale |  |  | |
Fractals, Chaos, Power Laws | | ||
| by Charles Earle Funk | by Manfred Schroeder | |||||||
| © 1950 | ISBN # 0-06-091260-X (pbk.) | © 1991 | ISBN # 0-7167-2136-8 | |||||
| A reference dictionary of word origins. Written by the co-developer of the Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary,it's the most complete of any I've seen. Also check out Hog On Ice, a book about expression origins, by the same author. | THE definative book on the subject. Better than James Gleick's Chaos, although a bit more complicated. Very in-depth, I only recommend it for the mathematically inclined. | |||||||
| Rating: **** | Rating: **** | |||||||
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