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The following books on dynamical systems are available for the Amazon Kindle and the Sony Reader. And we threw in one music CD just for fun.
Complex and Adaptive Dynamical Systems
A Primer


Claudius Gros
Springer (2009, corrected printing), 262 pp.
Price: $53.13 (Kindle)
ASIN B001AV3JE2

Written for the beginning graduate student with an undergraduate degree in mathematics or physics.

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Thermodynamics
A Dynamical Systems Approach

Princeton Series in Applied Mathematics

W. M. Haddad, V.S. Chellaboina, and S. G. Nersesov
Princeton University Press (2008), 200 pp.
Price: $52.50 (Sony Reader)
ASIN 0691123276

A formal approach to thermodynamics by aerospace engineers.

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Chaos
An Introduction to Dynamical Systems



K. T. Alligood, T. D. Sauer, J. A. Yorke
Springer (Corrected edition, 2009), 603 pp.
Price: $38.32 (Kindle)
ASIN B000TPGZ4G

An introduction to dynamical systems at the undergraduate level. This text is appropriate for students who have had differential equations and linear algebra.

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Discrete Dynamical Systems


Oded Galor
Springer Science and Business Media (2006), 153 pp.
Price: $63.96 (Sony Reader)
ASIN 3540367756

An introduction to discrete dynamical systems with discussions of both deterministic and qualitative behavior.

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Dynamical Systems [Music CD]


Entropy64
Label: Entropy64
Price: $8.99 (MP3 download)
ASIN B0014DNHZM

Pop and dance music group fronted by Colleen Curtis. Their remake of New Order's "Bizarre Love Triangle" is very catchy. A preview of their music is available on Entropy64's website, but don't expect songs with a mathematical theme.

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