Introduction to Modern Dynamics: Chaos, Networks, Space and Time (2019) is part of an emerging effort in physics education to update the undergraduate physics curriculum.  Conventional junior-level mechanics courses have overlooked many modern dynamics topics that physics majors will use in their careers: nonlinearity, chaos, network theory, econophysics, game theory, neural nets, geodesic geometry, among others.  These are the topics at the forefront of physics that drive high-tech businesses and start-ups where more than half of physicists are employed.  The first edition of Introduction to Modern Dynamics contributed to this effort by introducing these topics in a coherent program that emphasized common geometric properties across a wide range of dynamical systems.

 

The second edition of Introduction to Modern Dynamics continues that trend by expanding chapters to including additional material and topics.  It rearranges several of the introductory chapters for improved logical flow and expands them to add new subject matter.  The second edition also has additional homework problems.