This last chapter simply summarizes the road chaos has taken and materialized in different aspects of the world. First it summarizes the ways different types of system behave. Stating, ‘Simple systems behave in simple ways’ in terms of the way a pendulum behaves, the way an electrical circuit behaves, and populations fluctuate over time. These systems are only simple as long as they are reduced to few laws predicting their behaviour, which is not the case in the real world. Another concept reviewed is that complex behaviours imply complex causes. That is, an unpredictable system must be subject to random external influences.
We are reminded once again that nature forms patterns, of which some are orderly and some are disorderly. Some patterns are fractal, with structures that are self-similar in scale. The study of chaos in nature has given scientists, over the years, a way of examining nonlinear and chaotic systems in ways that have changed the way they view the world. Looking at all the parts that make up a whole system as opposed to just looking at the outward appearance of a system. We live in a world where order is found in disorder, and understanding this relationship will help further our understanding of life beyond our own.
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