The problem of the attractor: A singular generality between sciences and social theory

Theory, Culture and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Mackenzie, Adrian ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractor; Complexity; Mechanism; Metaphor; Multiplicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944461856     PISSN: 02632764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0263276405057190     Document Type: Review

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