edited by V G Gurzadyan (University of Rome, La Sapienza) & R Ruffini (University of Rome, La Sapienza)

This unique volume is a collection of papers on various problems in astrophysics and cosmology — from planetary motion to the arrow of time — that are closely linked by the common spirit, technique and methodology of chaos.

• The Arrow of Time (I Prigogine)
• Structure Formation on Scales of Galaxy Clusters and Beyond (L-Z Fang)
• The Complexity of Our Curved Universe (V G Gurzadyan)
• Internal Dynamics of Globular Clusters (G Meylan)
• Application of Frequency Map Analysis in Galactic Dynamics (J Laskar)
• Thermodynamics and Gravitation: From Glasses to Black Holes and Globular Star Clusters (Th M Nieuwenhuizen)
• Astrophysical Fractals: Interstellar Medium and Galaxies (F Combes)
• Chaos in Cosmological Models with a Scalar Field (A Yu Kamenshchik & I M Khalatnikov)
• Chaos and Order in a Finite Universe (J D Barrow & J Levin)
• Porosities and Dimensions of Measures Satisfying the Double Condition (J-P Eckmann et al.)
• On Alternative Formulations of the Cosmological Principle (R Ruffini)
• and other papers