"Images of a Complex World is an intriguing interdisciplinary effort... In summary: a provocative book; some striking images and poetry, new ideas."

"Most chapters discuss early apparent success in detecting signs of low-dimensional nonlinear dynamics, but follow up with more careful studies which throw doubt on earlier findings."

"This book ends with a 'Conclusion' section in which the author gives an excellent, concise summary of the results and issues examined in the volume and lists 'a number of new research problems that can be subject to further scientific and research work' ... I do recommend it for purchase by research libraries, where it will provide a useful reference for those already well versed in the basic elements of nonlinear dynamic systems and those who require a good summary of important recent results in these areas."

"This is the first attempt to gather up all the work on this topic and present it in a unified way ¡­ the book does an excellent job in outlining the main examples, results and connections to the literature and should be an invaluable tool for anyone wishing to find out about SNAs."

"The book is written with clarity ... In sum, this is a book that researchers on resonances should have on their bookshelves."

"This book is an excellent addition to the literature on how dynamics may be used to understand and model more complex phenomena such as fluid flow, or pattern formation, written by a leading expert in the field who has contributed to a lot of the original results. It is an ideal choice for scientists, engineers or mathematicians who wish to have a good introduction to the field before moving to the specialized literature either on the physics side or the mathematics and modeling side, and it may serve as a good textbook for related courses."

"This outstanding book is a general overview of the notion of symmetry and its many connections to the ideas of complexity ... The book will be especially useful to the intelligent general reader as well as advanced undergraduate students looking for challenging technical problems to solve, reconfigure, or redefine."

"The book contains interesting examples of piecewise-smooth dynamical systems and its bifurcation phenomena with direct applications ... it will certainly be a useful tool for many scientists and engineers."