Chaos in the cosmos Book

A mixed bag reading about Chaos Theory. And as I said it, it _is_ really a mixed bag:

On one hand, it tells you some big picture, including its history. On the other hand, it dabbles too much about history, makes the narrative slow-paced before even entering the main course.

On one hand, the author does good job explaining the principles -- even more so, he does it in the first half of the book! On the other hand... the last half is mostly about examples in solar system. May be interesting for readers inclined to astronomy, though.

On one hand, the author introduces us to the scientists and their works in chaos. On the other hand, about the science itself -- while easily understood -- isn't quite detailed. I'd say that the book will benefit if the last half (the example part) is reduced to make room for explaining the science.

All in all, a very mixed bag of Chaos Theory. In fact, it feels like everything was intentionally done in half! :P