Fractals and chaos simplified for the life sciences

Abstract

Part I Fractals 1. Introduction 2. Self-Similarity 3. Scaling 4. Dimension 5. Statistical Properties 6. Summary Part II Chaos 1. Introduction 3. Sensitivity to Initial Conditions 4. Bifurcations 5. Analyzing Data 6. Control of Chaos 7. Summary Part III Other Methods 1. The Big Picture