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Peer reviewedDresden, Max – Physics Teacher, 1992
Discusses the emergence of chaos as a major scientific subject and its place in historical, scientific, and technological context. Three sections provide (1) an overview of the scientific paradigm; (2) a review of the ideology of classical mechanics; and (3) examples of classical systems behaving in peculiar, nonintuitive manners. (MDH)
Descriptors: Chaos Theory, Curriculum Development, High Schools, Higher Education
