Department of Land, Air and Water Resources - University of California, Davis
Phone: (530) 752-0689   Email: cepuente@ucdavis.edu   Office: Veihmeyer 223
 

Painting by Alejandro Gil Jaramillo and cover design by Fernando Duarte
Soon to emerge
FEIGENBAUM’S PARABEL (extract)

Foliage of disorder
trapped in empty dust,
jumps astir forever
enduring subtle thrust.

Crossing of the outset
leaving faithful root,
looming tender offset
failing to yield fruit.

Cascade of bifurcations,
increasing heat within,
inescapable succession
of branches bent by wind.

Sprouting of dynamics
attracted to the strange,
oh infinity reminding
at the origin: the flame.


Description:
The last few decades have witnessed the development of a host of ideas aimed at understanding and predicting nature's ever present complexity. These advancements have uncovered relevant universal laws regarding the intricacies of natural disorder and have reminded us that simplicity is often at the root of complexity. This book exhibits a comprehensive linkage between such universal concepts and the moral choices we face as human beings and draws from them, in consonance with Holy Scripture, the Christian invitation to reconciliation and love, hence establishing an unforeseen bridge between science and religion.

Table of Contents:

1. The hypotenuse, the pathway of peace
2. Turbulence and Scripture
3. The essence of chaos
4. A lesson from a fig tree?
5. The eloquence of transformation
6. The bell's central plea
7. The splendor of peace

Links:
A summary of the message of this book may be found in the document Or so we have been told. Notes based on this book are used to teach the course Chaos, Complexity and Christianity.

Contact Information:
Carlos Puente is available to share presentations about his work on peace. Contact him at cepuente@ucdavis.edu.

Note:
Painting by Alejandro Gil Jaramillo and cover design by Fernando Duarte.