It's Never Too Soon to Discipline: A Low-Stress Program That Shows Parents How to Teach Good Behavior that will Last a Lifetime
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It's Never Too Soon to Discipline: A Low-Stress Program That Shows Parents How to Teach Good Behavior that will Last a Lifetime
Ruth Peters
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Discipline has been given a bad rap, according to author and clinical psychologist Dr. Ruth Peters. In the purest sense, discipline means "teaching," using a combination of explanation, reasoning, and action to help children understand acceptable and unacceptable behaviors, explains Peters in It's Never Too Soon to Discipline. Too many parents equate discipline with harsh reprimands, spankings, and criticism. As a result, parents who are striving to create an intimate and child-sensitive household often shy away from disciplining children. We've all seen the upshot--resentful, out-of-control children and frustrated, overwhelmed parents.

The straightforward, "low-stress" program outlined here teaches parents how the fundamentals of discipline can be applied to every stage of development, starting with defiant 1-year-olds. For babies and toddlers, Peters recommends, the most realistic tactics are to ignore the behavior, distract the child, and change the scenery. Six-year-olds respond well to negotiation, bargaining, and clear consequences. Other chapters include "Challenging Kids" (with an excellent discussion on "How Parents Lose Control"), "Outmanipulating the Manipulator," "The Smiley Face System for Ages Three Through Six," and "Single Parents and Stepfamilies." Peters's writing style is anecdote-driven and advice-laden, which can sometimes seem formulaic. Parents who are looking for deeper conversations about guiding children's behavior may also want to read Robert Coles's The Moral Intelligence of Children: How to Raise a Moral Child. --Gail Hudson

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As a respected child psychologist and mom with more than twenty years' experience, Dr. Ruth Peters knows how quickly children-even those younger than two-can gain the upper hand in the parent-child relationship. Even in the earliest interactions with their children, parents can inadvertently encourage bad patterns of behavior and set the stage for future problems. Dr. Peters outlines a behavior management system with clear, consistent, and fair rules that are connected to solid consequences and meaningful rewards. The book features: * A smiley-face chart to help kids know what is expected of them* Tips for using the system to handle socially inappropriate behavior (such as aggression, bossiness, and tantrums) and developmental issues (such as sleep problems and toilet training) * A chapter on attention deficit disorder* Specific advice for single parents and stepfamilies. This parent-friendly, practical guide is the first step toward bringing order to every home.

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3 out of 5 stars Only has standard information.......2006-03-16

If you have read other books about discipline this one will bring nothing new to you. I ordered it because with a title like this I thought perhaps it would give some information that I could use for my baby so we can try to curtail things early on, but the advice it gave for the first year was to simply push their hand away from what they shouldn't do and distract them. Hmmm...my baby is a little advanced for that not to mention it was quite obvious. I quickly read over the rest of the book and set it aside. It has nothing new.

Here are some examples of what you will find:
Page 34: Cardinal Rules for Parenting
1. Be consistant.
2. Take a cool, calm, and almost nonchalant attitude when giving out consequenses.
Her negative consequenses include:
1. taking away
2. time-out
3. Setting (in which she actually discusses the time a child should be in time out)
4. keeping the child in time-out
5. use of the timer
I don't think that section was titled properly.
She deals with types of parenting styles, types of children, her view of behavior management, her smilely face system for ages 3-6, sleep problems, meal time wars, and potty training. Then gives advice for dealing with specific types of inappropriate behavior and children with ADD/AHDD (only 10 pages for that) and some ideas for single parents.

The only real definite plus was that I really enjoyed quizzes that she gives quite often to see if a particular topic applies to you. They were quite fun.

Really, she just runs throught major issues and, I think, states the obvious. If you haven't read about disciplining (teaching not just punishing) children this is a standard book. I didn't see anything objectionable in it. But if you've read and read and are looking for something insightful look elsewhere.

I give it three starts since it isn't bad advice, just nothing truly original.

I'd recommend "The Blessing of the Skinned Knee" or "To Kindle a Soul".

5 out of 5 stars To Anonymous - where were you in math class?.......2004-12-06

I have not read this book, I was just looking through reviews. Anonymous seems not to understand the grammatical and mathematical terms first, second, third, etc. If s/he thinks that the fifth year means we are talking about a five-year-old, than what does s/he think about the first year? A one-year-old? Then how do you refer to a 0-12-month-old baby? The 0th year? Anonymous: the first year means from birth to 12 months, the second year means from 12-24 months (one-year-old), the third year means 24-36 months (two-year-old) and so on. Therefore the book phrased the age categories absolutely correctly. Thought you should know... Now I am interested in reading the book!

3 out of 5 stars Who edited this book?.......2004-12-05

After reading the three reviews on this book, I purchased a copy. I noticed that in chapter 1, "Understanding the Stages of Development" there are some BIG errors with the layout. Under the heading "The Third Year" on page 14, it discusses 2 year old behavior. Under the heading "The Fourth Year" on page 16, it discusses the behavior of a 3 year old. This mismatched problem continues throughout the rest of the chapter and completely left out the behavior of 7 year olds, for which that heading, "The Sixth and Seventh Years" covers 5 and 6 year old behavior. I kept wondering if anyone who wrote the previous reviews actually read this book. If you can ignore the multiple errors and just read through the book, I think it's worth three stars.

4 out of 5 stars A Good Place to Begin.......2003-04-05

This book clearly outlines a plan of discipline that will surely make your "out of control children" sit up and take notice. Dr. Peters details many of the basic principles of good, effective discipline and that is extremely helpful though not terribly directive for parents who don't know HOW to discipline. However, continuing on into the book, you find a step by step approach to follow. I think the approach could be very effective on "out of control" children, but not so suitable for children who are generally well behaved but have a few select issues that need stronger discipline. I found no direction in tailoring the program to your specific child. I also found the use of charts and daily rewards a bit too cumbersome, and a parent would need to be very disciplined himself to follow the program perfectly... something I think many parents of undisciplined children struggle with in the first place. I question the use of daily rewards as incentive to behave. I want my children to "choose" proper behaviour because it is the right thing to do, not because they get a toy from the "grab bag". I would prefer to use a more balanced style that doesn't teach the children to expect rewards for proper behaviour. I did enjoy the book and the way Dr. Peters believes in parents taking charge of their children. It was a worthy read.

5 out of 5 stars I guess I'm at that stage in life.......2002-03-22

I bought this book because my older brother and his wife had a baby a few years back, and I wanted to know how to treat him in a way that would benefit him. I would always just spoil him, and I noticed that he would throw temper tantrums when he couldn't get what he wanted. Of course, when other people were around, the parents usually gave in to the wants of the toddler. This book educated me in how to deal with my nephew during temper tantrums (and other times when he didn't listen to his parents), and I am very excited when I see my nephew and understand how to take care of him in a way that benefits him the best.
It's Never Too Soon
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  • Practical advice that works!
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It's Never Too Soon
Ruth Allen Peters
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5 out of 5 stars Practical advice that works!.......2000-04-06

I implemented Dr. Peters' "Smiley Face System" just last week, and I've seen dramatic changes in my son's behavior already. This book has been a great help in my efforts to change the behavior of my three year-old. Both he and I are happier because of it.

5 out of 5 stars Great Advice!.......1999-03-09

Dr. Peters offers no-nonsense, down to earth solutions to some tough parenting questions. Through practical advice, she shows how stern and loving discipline is the key to happy, healthy, and well behaved children! Not to mention sane parents! She points out the manipulative tactics that young children use with great success and the ineffective parenting styles that fail to nip these behaviors in the bud. Dr. Peters offers a behavior management system with clear and fair rules that are connect to solid consequences and rewards. In addition, she teaches how to apply the rules without your child even being aware they are being disciplined! I am so glad that I found this book! It has truly been a life-saver!
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      It's Never too Soon to Start.(fourth graders at Melissa Jones School in Guilford, Connecticut, learn about inportance of recreation to health)(Brief Article): An article from: Parks & Recreation
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        This digital document is an article from Parks & Recreation, published by National Recreation and Park Association on May 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1773 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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          Never too soon to form a captive, brokers say.: An article from: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
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          Never too soon to save: Megan J. Stewart is committed to staying on the fast track to early retirement.(BLACK WEALTH INITIATIVE) : An article from: Black Enterprise
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            IT'S NEVER TOO SOON
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              Dr. Ruth Peters
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              It's Never Too Soon to Talk to Your Aging Parents about Their Finances: What You Need to Ask.What You Need to Know.What You Need to Say
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                Negotiate Like The Pros: Never Pay Too Much or Settle for Too Little or Give in Too Soon Again (6 Cassettes Audiobook)
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                  The Last Escape : The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1944-45
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                  The Last Escape : The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1944-45
                  Tony Rennell , and John Nichol
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                  By June 1944 there were hundreds of thousands of American and British prisoners of war in camps across Nazi-controlled Europe. News of the D-Day landings, heard on secret camp radios, filled the prisoners with both hope and dread. Amid this confusion and fear, the POWs were herded from their camps and forced at gunpoint to walk many hundreds of miles deeper into Germany on what the POWs themselves called the Death March.

                  In The Last Escape, Gulf War POW and author John Nichol and popular historian Tony Rennell relate the astonishing story of these unrecognized heroes. Drawing upon interviews with many surviving veterans who speak here for the first time, this is an unparalleled account of endurance and courage in wartime.

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                  5 out of 5 stars Covers a lot of stalags in one book, unique........2007-05-12

                  Nichol's project here is ambitious. Arthur Durand wrote about 400 pages on Luft 3 alone. Here Nichol covers all the Stalag and Stalag Luft camps in as much detail as he can in a limited 400 page space. There is good defintion in the differences between each of the marches of Stalags that were put on the road, January,1945, in Germany's worst winter in a century, in order to prevent POWs from falling into Soviet control. A fairly limited number of interviewees are relied on for each story, however, many vets are rapidly passing now. Nichol really does a good job of getting at the politics of the Soviets gaining control of Poland, and gaining the return of their POWS and citizens (so they could further punish and execute their own people) in exchange for releasing the Allied POWs. It was a closely run thing. Nichol shows that the Soviets were capable of sending all the POWs to the Gulag. Nichol also goes into some detail on how, if the Gestapo or SS, instead of the Wehmacht and Luftwaffe, had gained control of the Stalags right at the end of the war, the survival of the Allied POWS may have been a much darker story than it was. Nichol points out Germany had signed the Geneva Convention 1929 allowing third country (US then Swiss) oversight of the camps and the delivery of Red Cross parcels to the POW camps. Without the parcels POW attrition would have been many times greater. Amidst Total War there was co-operation on repatriations of severely wounded and medical/clergy personnel. The differences in the way the British and US POWs were treated compared to Slavic "Untermenschen" POWs and Concentration Camp prisoners is extremely stark and horrible, about 30% of 750,000 fatality rates in these groups on the marches..Aryan racial theories work to the advantage of UK and US POWs is another theme touched on here, and this theme is also explored in Arieh J. Kochavi's fine work,"Confronting Captivity".

                  4 out of 5 stars A Difficult Subject.......2007-02-27

                  A disturbing account of a seldom brought up subject.Allied prisoners of war being forced to retreat from both the Russian & British/American,advances into the Third Reich in the winter of 44-45.A very sad & needless saga of the horrors of POW's retreating on foot to unoccupied camps/rear areas with little food,medicine or warm clothes.Driven like cattle in subfreezing conditions,disease & suffering was rampant.The author follows the trials & tribulations of different camps in detail. A hard subject to read about but an important part of WW2 to fully understand.All the needless suffering for nothing,a real shame.....It will make you pause & reflect on the brutality of war

                  4 out of 5 stars A thorough and detail account.......2006-08-29

                  I was already somewhat familiar with some of the material in this book. My father's uncle was a POW in Stalag Luft VI and was among those that was transfered to Stalag Luft IV on the coal barge and forced to march from there to Falingbostel in the brutal winter of 1945. This book meshed nicely with my uncle's accounts of his experiences, and filled in many of the gaps in his story. This book also provides a good overview of the overall experiences of the British and American POWs as the war approached its conclusion. The authors are British, and the book has a definite slant towards the British point-of-view, but given that there were significantly more British POWs than American POWs, this slant isn't particularly bothersome. The research for this book was clearly difficult, especially in trying to understand the numbers of prisoners involved. The authors have done a good job of distilling the story into a readable narrative, while being clear about the ambiguities in the historical record. This book is a terrific resource for anyone who wants to understand how the end of the war impacted the British and American POWs in Europe, and fills in one of the holes in the documentation of the European theater of World War II. (This review is based on an Advance Uncorrected Proof copy.)

                  1 out of 5 stars Last Escape.......2005-12-21

                  The Last Escape
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                  John Nichol and Tony Rennell

                  The story starts when a group of British prisoners of war are stuck in a camp named Stalag Luft IV in Germany. They are then sent on a treacherous journey through Germany. Many prisoners died and many became very sick and ill. Most prisoners became so skinny that all you could see was bone there was no meat at all.
                  Finally, they stopped at a camp that would end this march. The name of it was Stalag IIA. After many days the German guards decided to get up and move so they could become farther away from the Russians and have a chance of evacuation and killing for the guards. Unluckily, this march was just as hard and treacherous as the first but not as quite as long.
                  The name of this new camp they had reached was Stalag XIID. The Germans did not hold control of this camp for long. Russian troops quickly arrived and took the camp. Relieved were many of the starving prisoners. There was something weird about the Russians control of the camp. They would not let any of the POWs leave even though the Americans were two miles away too evacuate them. The Russians were saying they have to wait until they get permission from the government in Moscow, even though they are allies with all of the POWs countries. It seemed as though the POWs were being held as hostages under the Russians.
                  Then permission came fro the POWs to be released to the Americans two miles away. Therefore the POWs hoped on the cars waiting and then were shipped too an airport. Finally the POWs' destiny came they were going to be sent home by country on airplanes. Though not the Russians they stayed behind with the troops that were leading the camp. There they were shot because of surrendering to the Germans. It was thought to be frowned upon if you surrendered, that is how the Russians were.
                  Happy were the prisoners that were sent home.

                  I did not enjoy this book very much. It seemed to go on and on. There was way to much detail. It seemed like one of those stories when you wall asleep in the middle and when you wake up it is still going on. There was also no action in the story.
                  The people that would like this book are people who love detail and like to listen to a lot of stories. They must also have a lot of patience for the story to develop. Do Not read this book if you are not that type of person.

                  5 out of 5 stars A non-comparison in suffering.......2005-08-21

                  Comparing suffering is a little like comparing husbands and wives: you can't do it. Yet for the thousands of Allied POWs in the second world war, comparisons were made between the German and Japanese treatment of those interred in the POW camps and which group had it worse. Yes, the inmates in Changi Prison had dysentary and work detail and died on forced marches by the score - but so did countless American and British soldiers and airmen in Germany, most notably within the last five months of the war. Who is to say that one group of POWs had a worse fate? Each of them suffered greater hardships and loss than most of us can contemplate. Yet for those reading up on that period of history, it's the horrors of the Japanese prison camps which first come to mind, not the POW camps in Europe.

                  The Last Escape, luckily, does not even attempt to compare the hardships of the two groups of POWs. Instead, it focuses squarely on the men interred in German POW camps, the misinformation that was given to the civilian public about their daily lives, and the reality they were experiencing. As the Russian and Allied front moved into Germany in the early part of 1945, the narrative follows the various Stalags in near-chronological order as they begin a series of forced marches deep into German territory. Mostly it is the memories and the words of those who survived the marches which tell the story (the authors highlight around fifteen veterans, who they either interviewed personally or were able to access privately published memoirs). All of the stories are horrific and utterly believable.

                  The book itself is easy to read, with maps strewn at various points within, clearly marked to follow the marches into Germany. I found the story quite gripping and interesting. The story carried every soldier well past the liberation of the camps and all the way home, so we were not left wondering what happened to any of them at the end. (Perhaps the last two chapters were the most interesting, in learning how the governments managed to get the tens of thousands of POWs home again in record time, and the difficulties with readjusting to freedom that those soldiers had.)

                  What I especially appreciated was the even focus on both American and British soldiers within the book. While nationalities were generally kept seperate within the camps, there were a few cases in which American soldiers bunked with British, and vice versa. This was the case in the book, where half the featured stories were of British soliders, and half were of American. There was very little information on any other nationality, although there was plenty of hearsay about the Russian POWs - not all of it good, unfortunately.

                  There was also much consideration of the political ramifications of who actually liberated the POWs. I had not before realized what a struggle it was with Stalinist Russia on the release of British and American POWs who had been liberated by the Communists, but the book carefully and clearly laid out the issues behind that particular hurdle, and the resulting numbers of Russian POWs who were returned to the Soviet Union only to be either killed immediately (some within minutes of their return) or sent for life to the gulags.

                  This was an excellent book with a full and complete picture of the last few months of war for the POWs in Europe. I would think it beneficial - and indeed, required - reading for anyone interested in this period of history.
                  The Last Escape : The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1944-45
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                    The Last Escape : The Untold Story of Allied Prisoners of War in Europe 1944-45
                    Tony Rennell John Nichol
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                    Russia's Revolutionary Experience, 1905-1917: Two Essays
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                      Russia's Revolutionary Experience, 1905-1917: Two Essays
                      Leopold H. Haimson
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                      The assertion of a working-class movement, the brutal suppression of a miners' strike, a collapsing Duma, and shrewd political maneuverings all led to the Bolshevik revolution and the fall of Imperial Russia. The eminent historian Leopold Haimson examines these radical shifts in political power and class identity in late Imperial Russia, offering new perspectives on crucial revolutionary figures and the events leading up to the Russian Revolution. The book focuses on two pivotal, interrelated developments: the last massive wave of labor unrest before World War I and the growing differences between two political figures, Lenin, the future head of the Soviet Union, and Iulii Martov, the leader of the democratic opposition to Bolshevism within Russian Social Democracy.

                      Inspired by the 1912 massacre of two hundred striking miners in the gold fields of Lena, in eastern Siberia, the Russian working class crystallized as a self-aware and politically engaged movement in pursuit of its own rights and dignity. This new sense of class solidarity spread to industrial urban workers, who asserted their demands for better working conditions and became increasingly skeptical of outside groups using them for their own political gain. As Haimson demonstrates, both the Duma (Russia's parliament) and the revolutionary intelligentsia struggled to find an appropriate response to these developments.

                      Drawing on publications and the private papers of Martov and Lenin, Haimson analyzes the differences between the revolutionaries regarding the realization of political goals and the role of the working class. He demonstrates how ideology and personal proclivities framed their actions as the revolutionary tide mounted. Thus, while Martov believed that the revolution should be allowed to create itself under the democratic guidance and leadership of workers, Lenin saw the state and political power as the key to historical transformation.

                      Russia's Revolutionary Experience, 1905-1917: Two Essays
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                        Leopold H. MacDonald, David Haimson
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                        • Alice in fractal wonderland and through the chaos worm hole!
                        • too chaotic!
                        Chaos in Wonderland: Visual Adventures in a Fractal World
                        Clifford A. Pickover
                        Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Paperback

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                        5 out of 5 stars A brilliant fusion of science and fiction. Unique. Grade: A+.......2004-07-13

                        Forget Heinlein. Say goodbye to Azimov. Break it off with Bradbury. This is the real stuff.

                        _Chaos is Wonderland_ is really three books in one, each with a different style and purpose. Part I, titled "The Latööcarfian Civilization," introduces the reader to an ancient race of mathematicians that just happens to live in the ice beneath Ganymede (one of Jupiter's moons). It reads a little like a textbook, but Pickover is just setting the stage for a far grander work. A rather dull paragraph in Section 2.1 merely sets the stage:

                        "Far from the bright twinkling city lights and the chaotic world of humans, lives a shy, sentient race of creatures known as the Latööcarfians. Their home is Ganymede, a moon of planet Jupiter. Ganymede (radius 2,635 km / 1,636 mi) is the largest and brightest member of the Jovian family of moons. In fact, Ganymede is one of the largest satellites in the Solar System, rivalled only by Neptune's Triton, and Saturn's Titan. Ganymede has a rock and ice crust approximately 100 km thick, with a covering mantel of water or soft ice about 600 km thick. The icy surface has become dirty with age" (5).

                        This may not sound like easy - or even worthwhile - reading, but Pickover quickly moves to the anatomy and culture of the ice-dwelling Latööcarfians, whose gallium-arsenide biology allows them to display intricate patterns of light on their foreheads. These patterns are based on complex, chaos-theory equations: dynamical systems, Lorenz attractors, and strange attractors are thrown around and even graphed. It's no big deal if the math is beyond you (as it is beyond me) - the audacity of Pickover's ideas is what really moves the text. Loaded with photos of Jupiter and its moons, cartographic maps, and anatomical illustrations, one could easily believe that Part I is a textbook from the 25th century.

                        Part II, "The Dream-Weavers of Ganymede," is a swashbuckling space opera that explores all of the ideas set forth in Part I... and more. It follows the adventures of Garth and Kalinda as they explore Ganymede and run afoul of fractal spiders, brain parasites, slug- and mole-people, glass girls, and - of course - the Latööcarfians themselves. It will never be considered high literature, but it is corny fun, and chock-full of hard science.

                        Part III is a set of appendices, but it is worth your time. Here you will find computer programs to recreate some of the fractal patterns shown in the book, fractal games that you can build and play, "the 100 strangest mathematical titles ever published," a treatise on communicating with aliens via math, "the 15 most famous transcendental numbers," methods on how to calculate pi, and suggestions for further reading. And more! Find out the true identity of the Celestial Police, read bibliographies of mathematics in science-fiction and computers in science-fiction, plumb the secrets of the ten formulas that changed the face of the world... And more!

                        Last word: this amazing book is like a small library. If you like cutting-edge science, weird science, hypothetical science, abstract math, wonky space operas, or references of the bizarre, then this book will not disappoint. Grade: A++ (Yes, two plus signs. It's that good.)

                        5 out of 5 stars Very creative and educational.......2000-01-04

                        The beautiful images and creative ideas set this book apart from most others on the subject of fractals, chaos, and computer art. There are endless ideas for experimentation. An excellent and fun introduction to chaos for a wide variety of readers. You will really understand the concept of Lyapunov exponenent after you read this strange tale.

                        5 out of 5 stars Strange, educational, beautiful!.......1998-04-14

                        A strange and beautiful journey through fractals, chaos, and science fiction. Filled with incredible illustrations.

                        3 out of 5 stars Alice in fractal wonderland and through the chaos worm hole!.......1998-03-20

                        Dr. Pickover is a master fractal and chaos writer and tries to reach a wider public with this book. I would say that he is better on plot than on dialog and the connection between the beautiful frcatal trajectories and the plot development is pretty stretched. His heart is in the right place: I think he is the model for Dr. Malcom in the Jurassic Park movies! But he can't bring this one down to a point where you can live with the characters. Buy it for the pictures and the programs. Your unique Associates ID is: thefractaltransl.

                        2 out of 5 stars too chaotic!.......1998-03-18

                        it might just me, but i found "Chaos.." to be a disappointing fairy tale about creatures in love with fractals. "Chaos.."'s only message is that fractals are weird and kinda look nice as pictures. no effort was made to give us a consistent view of Pickover's fictional world, no character relationships, and no guiding theme (except strangeness).
                        All i ended up with is a bunck of drawings and riddles, and eventhough i am a major in computer graphics and AI, this is absolutely unsufficient.
                        Chaos in Wonderland : Visual Adventures in a Fractal World
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                          Chaos in Wonderland : Visual Adventures in a Fractal World
                          Clifford A. Pickover
                          Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Hardcover

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                          ASIN: B000OM67RY
                          Chaos in Wonderland : Visual Adventures in a Fractal World
                          Average customer rating: Not rated
                            Chaos in Wonderland : Visual Adventures in a Fractal World
                            Clifford A. Pickover
                            Manufacturer: St Martins Pr
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback

                            FractalsFractals | Pure Mathematics | Mathematics | Science | Subjects | Books
                            ASIN: B000OSYZHW

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