Chaos theory, Asimov's foundations and robots, and Herbert's Dune Book

Number 100 in the Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series; studies which are a product of papers read at the Annual International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts. Looking at all of Isaac Asimov's Robot stories, and all the books in his Foundation series, Palumbo argues that the entire body of work is a meta-series that not only uses the principals and concepts of Chaos Theory but is itself an example of the different principals and concepts of Chaos Theory. Palumbo also brings forth the fact that Asimov's creation of the plot concept of Hari Seldon's Psychohistory - similar to Chaos Theory - predates the science community's discovery of the theory by 20 years. Asimov is well known for predicting communication satellites and the principle that makes them work long before they were actually invented; here's another prediction to place in his creative cap.

Enlightening reading for those who've read any or all of the meta-series as well as for those who have not. Unfortunately, I did not get to the second half of the book (about Herbert's Dune series) before the Inter-Library Loan due date forced me to return the book.