This will change frequently. Check back often.
All readings are from James Gleick, Chaos: Making a New Science, unless otherwise noted.
Also see the list of assignments and due dates.
| Class | Date | Reading | Comments |
| 1 | Thursday, January 4 | |
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| 2 | Monday, January 8 | The Butterfly Effect, pp. 9-32. Do not read the Prologue. | Come to class with several written questions and/or comments about the reading. I will collect these questions and look them over. |
| 3 | Thursday, January 11 | Revolution, pp. 33-56. | |
| 4 | Monday, January 15 | Probably No New Reading | |
| 5 | Thursday, January 18 | |
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| 6 | Monday, January 22 | |
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| 7 | Thursday, January 25 | |
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| 8 | Monday, January 29 | Discuss Geometry of Nature | Summary of Chaos. Initial fractal exercise. |
| 9 | Thursday, February 1 | Look over "Life's Ups and Downs" | John Anderson visit! |
| 10 | Monday, February 5 | Read "Strange Attractors" | In class we'll learn how to define dimension. |
| 11 | Thursday, February 8 | |
Discuss "Strange Attractors" |
| 12 | Monday, February 12 | |
Begin complex numbers, Midterm Review |
| 12.5 | Monday, February 12 | |
6:45 pm: Fractal Show and Tell, Location TBA |
| 13 | Thursday, February 15 | |
No class -- meet in groups. |
| 14 | Monday, February 19 | |
Introduction to Julia Sets |
| 15 | Thursday, February 22 | |
Discuss "Universality" and "The Experimenter" |
| 16 | Monday, February 26 | "Images of Chaos" | Mandelbrot Sets |
| 17 | Thursday, March 1 | "The Dynamical Systems Collective" | Rhea, Dan, and Addie Present |
| 18 | Monday, March 5 | "Inner Rhythms" | Rita and Chaos and Fractals and Literature |
| 19 | Thursday, March 8 | "Chaos and Beyond" | Kate and Kyla present. Summary |
| 20 | Monday, March 12 | No Reading | Presentations from Ira and Raphael, Lauren and Tracy, and Nathaniel |
| 20.5 | Monday, March 12: 6:30 PM | No reading | Presentations from Andrew and Berkeley, and Brandi, Jessi, and Kali |
| 21 | Thursday, March 15 | Corson's Inlet | Final thoughts, course evaluations |
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