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	Ionasphere's Chaos Theory Intro
		The language of CDS and Chaos Theory is now revealing a point-of-view, or metamodel, which provides a universal language for psychology which is competent to deal with the complexities of interactive change and yet is relatively easy to communicate.
		Chaos holds infinite possibilities of new form, and these forms are eventually revealed and emerge from chaos as new structure.
		Chaos theory is still very much in its infancy but it is sweeping throughout the scientific world, rapidly finding application not only in hard sciences, such as physics and chemical engineering, but also in economics, psychology, biology, astronomy, demographics, business management,.
	www.geocities.com /iona_m/ChaosTheory/CTintro.html (6417 words)

	Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
		In 'Foundation', the early golden days of the Foundation are told, of how the society managed to gain survival and ultimately pre-eminence in it's local sector, not through violence, but through cunning.
		Second Foundation possibly wins the 'Greatest number of end-plot twists' award, during the phase in which the Foundation is searching for the Second Foundation.
		Prelude to Foundation is set before the first Foundation book, and features the exploits of Hari Seldon, as he is chased across the capital of the Galactic Empire, Trantor, by nasty individuals who want him for his theory of psychohistory.
	www.vavatch.co.uk /books/asimov (1360 words)

	Chaos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chaos is qualitative in that it seeks to know the general character of a system's long-term behavior, rather than seeking numerical predictions about a future state.
		Edward Lorenz would stretch the definition of chaos to include phenomena that are slightly random, provided that their much greater apparent randomness is not a by-product of their slight true randomness.
		In Lorenz' meteorological computer modeling, he discovered the foundation of mainstream chaos: that simply-formulated systems with few variables could display highly complex behavior that was unpredictable and unforseeable.
	www.exploratorium.edu /complexity/lexicon/chaos.html (475 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society \| Chaos ahead for foundation hospitals
		The Department of Health's plan for foundation hospitals to organise elections to their governing bodies was in chaos last night as local NHS chiefs warned they were open to takeover by Trotskyists and other extremist groups.
		Under the legislation, foundation trusts cannot come into being on schedule on April 1 without elections being held and the results declared, allowing the new governing bodies to elect a chair and non-executive directors.
		If they are not successful, their application to become foundation trusts may be refused or delayed by Bill Moyes, the independent regulator appointed by Mr Reid to police the process.
	society.guardian.co.uk /nhsplan/story/0,7991,1127483,00.html (643 words)

	Greg Bear, Foundation and Chaos
		Foundation and Chaos (1998) is one of the few successes of sharecrop.
		Following this logic, Foundation novels by three prominent authors were commissioned: Foundation’s Fear (1997), by Gregory Benford; Bear’s Foundation and Chaos; and the forthcoming Secret Foundation, by David Brin.
		Foundation and Chaos is thus both a tribute and a subversion.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Rampart/2547/skys.htm (528 words)

	Strietzi's Reading Metadata
		The Foundation Trilogy is composed of Foundation, Foundation and Empire, and Second Foundation.
		The posthumous Second Foundation Trilogy is composed of Foundation's Fear, Foundation and Chaos, and Foundation's Triumph.
		Foundation's Triumph fits between Books 1 and 2 of Foundation.) "Balance" and "Plato's Cave" feature Dr. Susan Calvin of the Robot era, "Pappi" is set with Stephen Byerley, thus very near the end of I, Robot time, and "The Fourth Law of Robotics" is set not long after Calvin's death.
	home.att.net /~Strietzi/reading_stuff/asimov.html (284 words)

	Science Fiction Book Reviews
		Everything is well in hand, but there are a few nagging holes in the equations, including the mystery of the "chaos worlds," planets that undergo stunning technological and artistic renaissances only to collapse into violence and anarchy.
		When he began writing new Foundation novels in the 1980s, Asimov made things even more complicated by merging the Foundation series with his previously unrelated Robot series of stories and novels.
		In the Second Foundation Trilogy, Gregory Benford, Greg Bear and now David Brin have conducted a lively exploration of the logical and ethical implications of Asimov's sprawling future history.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue106/books.html (1094 words)

	Amazon.ca: Foundation's Triumph: Books: David Brin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Chaos is the new keyword, because chaos theory seemingly makes nonsense of psychohistorical prediction.
		Foundation's Triumph though may be an overstatement for when you read through the appendix about the future of the universe as forseen by the various authors that have contributed to it, one almost wonders if Foundation Established would be the better title.
		The path this book takes (and that was started in "Foundation and Chaos") is that the end makes it clear: in order to allow the human race to live, we have to take away that which makes them human.
	www.amazon.ca /Foundations-Triumph-David-Brin/dp/0061056391 (2251 words)

	Foundation‘s Triumph
		Foundation’s Triumph provides an enjoyable ending to the "Second Foundation Trilogy." The Second Trilogy, it’s become increasingly clear, got off to a disappointing start with Gregory Benford’s Foundation’s Fear but improved significantly with Greg Bear’s Foundation and Chaos.
		Foundation’s Triumph is probably the most Asimov-friendly of the three novels in the Second Trilogy.
		In both Asimov’s robot stories and the Foundation novels, the Good Doctor starts off by introducing early a compelling idea–the Three Laws and psychohistory–and works out its ramifications as he goes along; and, unfortunately, one of the ramifications of psychohistory is that it gets in the way of good story-telling.
	homepage.mac.com /jhjenkins/Asimov/NonAsimov/Brin.html (1924 words)

	TimeLine for the Robots & Foundations Universe
		The Second Foundation Trilogy, written by Bear, Brin, and Benford is a very good read too since it explains a lot left to the imagination in the original Foundation books.
		Chaos breaks out on Santanni, Raych dies, and his family is lost in space.
		Foundation civilization approaches ultimate confrontation with both Gaia and Chaos.
	www.sikander.org /foundation.php (1601 words)

	Symposium on Chaos Theory and Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		All these early works in administrative chaos can be faulted both for their simplistic and tentative application of nonlinear mathematics and for their...overreaching metaphorical use of chaos concepts.
		Although its foundation is in the hard sciences, its actual relevance to social science is pointed up by a relational model -- fuzzy logic -- in the so-called New Paradigm.
		Chaos follows, but glimpses of order emerge as lines gradually form and people self-organize by alternating their entry into successively fewer lines in order to reach one of the exits...
	www.pamij.com /goldoff.html (2136 words)

	Foundation (novel) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Several of the Foundation's atomic-powered ships have disappeared near the Republic of Korell, a nation that is suspected of developing advanced technology of its own, which would threaten the Foundation.
		Hober Mallow, a master trader (though not a Foundation agent), is sent to Korell on a trade mission, and is told to keep his eyes open and learn what he can about their technology and the missing ships.
		Mallow is arrested for allegedly allowing a Foundation missionary to be killed while he was on Korell, but the event is shown to be have been staged.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foundation_(novel) (2186 words)

	Foundation and Chaos by Greg Bear, a Review » Solar Flare: Science Fiction News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Foundation and Chaos by Greg Bear, a Review
		Foundation and Chaos is book two of the Second Foundation Trilogy is rather different to book one.
		The Second Foundation Trilogy covers the life of Hari Seldon, his invention of psychohistory and his setting up of the two Foundations.
	www.sflare.com /archives/foundation-and-chaos-by-greg-bear-a-review (471 words)

	Foundation's Triumph - Microsoft Reader Catalog of eBooks
		Gregory Bear's Foundation and Chaos relates the epic tale of Seldon's downfall and the first stirrings of robotic rebellion.
		Now, in David Brin's Foundation's Triumph, Seldon is about to escape exile and risk everything for one final quest -- the outcome of which may secure humankind's future -- or witness its final downfall..
		Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the highwater marks of science fiction.The monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline and a secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the coming Dark Age with tools of Psychohistory, Foundation pioneered many themes of modern science fiction.
	www.mslit.com /details.asp?bookid=0060742275 (263 words)

	Foundation and Chaos
		The action of Foundation and Chaos actually takes place within the action of Forward the Foundation (specifically between Part IV ["Wanda Seldon"] and Part V ["Epilogue"]) and that of Foundation.
		She has incredible mental powers and tells wild stories of a conspiracy of mentalists—Seldon’s Second Foundation, from whom she is a renegade.
		And at the center of the storm is Hari Seldon.
	homepage.mac.com /jhjenkins/Asimov/NonAsimov/Bear.html (1368 words)

	The Second Foundation Series - Kaedrin's Guide to Isaac Asimov
		Foundation's Fear: Gregory Benford starts things off with a portrayal of Hari Seldon's early political career, picking up where Asimov left off in Forward the Foundation.
		Foundation and Chaos: Greg Bear penned the second installment of the new trilogy, continuing the story of Seldon's political career and pursuit of psychohistory.
		Foundation's Triumph: David Brin puts the series out of its misery.
	kaedrin.com /fun/asimov/newfound.html (744 words)

	Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in 'chaos,' needs $100 million (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The situation is so dire that the foundation's board of directors recently endorsed an emergency proposal to raise $100 million as part of the solution, a considerable challenge given that it has raised less than $2 million in donations over the past five years.
		He also led the charge in closing the for-profit architecture studio, which owed the foundation half a million dollars and faced soaring insurance rates after a costly claim was settled.
		The lack of a turnaround for the foundation could threaten the properties and the archives, said to be the most complete records of a single architect in the world.
	www.azcentral.com /community/scottsdale/articles/0307wright07.html (1710 words)

	Foundation - Ex Isle Forums
		"Foundation's Edge" and "Foundation and Earth" weren't nearly as good as the rest of 'em, Asimov was running out of stuff to say and said a lot anyway.
		I think it was one of Asimov's great mistakes to try and combine all his major works into one universe, especially Nemisis, which doesn't fit in thematically or chronological with what had been established before it even in the new combined universe.
		That said, I enjoyed the Foundation trilogy immensely and the later books were entertaining for me. I haven't read any of the later expanded universe books by Benford or any of the other nonAsimov stories but the Foundation Trilogy still stands as a great accomplishment of science fiction writing.
	www.exisle.net /mb/index.php?showtopic=6829 (878 words)

	Foundation's Triumph by David Brin : Booksamillion.com (0061052418, Hardcover)
		Isaac Asimov& 39;s Foundation Trilogy is one of the high-water marks of science fiction.
		It continues in Greg Bear& 39;s Foundation and Chaos with the epic tale of Seldon& 39;s downfall, and the first stirrings of robotic rebellion.
		Foundation& 39;s Triumph is a fitting climax to the most ambitious and successful science fictional enterprise of the century& 39;s end--an undertaking which Asimov himself--like Hari Seldon--set in motion and would surely approve.
	www.booksamillion.com /ncom/books?pid=0061052418 (379 words)

	Sigma Phi Kappa Productions - Foundation and Imperium
		It began in September with its first episode, "Foundation and Imperium." Despite having only six members, the sim was a smash hit with all involved, and the first episode wrapped up in January 2001.
		One idea fizzled around in Steve's head for an original drama, but once Chris completed the novelized "Foundation and Imperium" in July, Steve was required to edit it for continuity and grammar, and he began to grow excited over the idea of an audio adventure based upon it.
		"Foundation and Imperium" was recorded on two Saturdays in January 2002, and audio work began shortly after the first session.
	www.users.muohio.edu /mollmasc/sigmaphi/spk2stf1.htm (623 words)

	Chaos and Time-Series Analysis
		Most of the topics are encountered several times with increasing sophistication.” The emphasis is on concepts and applications rather than proofs and derivations and is for “the student or researcher who wants to learn how to use the ideas in a practical setting, rather than the mathematically inclined reader who wants a deep theoretical understanding.
		For a chaotic system of differential equations, at least one exponent must be positive (for the divergence necessary for chaos), one at least one must be zero, and at least one must be negative to insure the sum is negative and that the volume is contracting (Abarbanel, 1996, p.
		He develops the idea of the probability of chaos with a dynamical system (the proportion of parameter space yielding chaos) and search techniques for finding values yielding chaos.
	www.blueberry-brain.org /dynamics/sprottctsa.htm (4522 words)

	PHYSICS OF CHAOS IN HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It includes unique material on separatrix chaos, small nonlinearity chaos, fractional kinetics, and discussions on Maxwell's Demon and the foundation of statistical physics.
		The book is ideally suited for all those who are actively working on the problems of dynamical chaos.
		It introduces the physicist to the world of Hamiltonian chaos and the mathematician to actual physical problems.
	www.worldscibooks.com /chaos/p042.htm (200 words)

	The Templeton Gate - Authors - Asimov's Robot & Foundation Chronology
		This is the "first" Foundation novel (although it is the next-to-last written by Asimov).
		The first novel in the Second Foundation Trilogy, it was written by Gregory Benford.
		Asimov had problems with plot consistency in his attempts to connect the stories, mainly because there had not been any intent for them to be consistent in the first place.
	www.members.tripod.com /templetongate/asimovchrono.htm (342 words)

	Amazon.com: Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy): Books: Greg Bear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is book number two in the new Second Foundation Trilogy being written by hard science fiction authors Gregory Benford, Greg Bear, and David Brin, otherwise known as the "Killer B's." In this book, Bear continues where Benford's Foundation's Fear left off, as the trial of legendary psychohistorian Hari Seldon is about to begin.
		In the 3 foundation novels that robots were mentioned (FandEarth, Prelude and Forward), only 1 novel had a significant portion of the novel devoted to robots.
		Foundation and Chaos is more like Asimov's style than Benford's, but Bear still manages to fill out some details not covered before, especially about political strive among the robots.
	www.amazon.com /Foundation-Chaos-Second-Trilogy/dp/0613172361 (1822 words)

	purevolume™ \| A Chaos Composed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In this transitional state of harmony is A Chaos Composed.
		In March of 2004 drummer Collin Sclicht, guitarist Devin Brown, and Bassist John David Escobar Rodriguez Menudo Delahoya Finegan, converged to form the foundation of A Chaos Composed and began writing music driven by aggression and fleeting moments of serenity.
		Now with the mission of recapturing the lost sense of empowerment that aggressive music once possessed, A Chaos Composed harnesses potential energy in a temporary state of docility awaiting kinetic release.
	www.purevolume.com /achaoscomposed (174 words)

	Foundation and Chaos (Second Foundation Trilogy) \| Funny UK Comedy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is book number two in the new Second Foundation Trilogy being written by hard science-fiction authors Gregory Benford, Greg Bear and David Brin, otherwise known as the "Killer B's".
		Bear’s Foundation universe is a darker and more complex place than Benford’s, and it is to his credit that he manages to capture some of Asimov’s atmosphere whilst fully updating it for a contemporary readership.
		He no longer is bound the Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics which forbid him to harm humans, and undergoes a form of robotic exegesis, coming to believe that that Daneel’s protective stance of humanity as a whole is a restrictive suffocating policy.
	www.funny.co.uk /comedy/prod_0-1857237366-Foundation-and-Chaos-Second-Foundation-Trilogy-S.html (1121 words)

	Book Reviews: Antarctica; Foundation and Chaos
		Though it is too late the save the Empire, Seldon hopes to hasten the return of galactic civilization by establishing the "Foundation," a society based on psychohistorical principles and dedicated to amassing and preserving knowledge.
		Keeping events on track will be the secret job of a "Second Foundation," whose members can alter people's thoughts and memories.
		Bear's Spartan portrayal of the Foundation universe is true to the spirit of the original, and with Benford he has revitalized a series that may endure longer than many empires.
	www.scifi.com /sfw/issue71/books.html (1196 words)

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