Ralph Abraham has been a Professor of Mathematics at UCSC since 1968. He is an expert in Chaos Theory, which he has been involved with since 1958, and he is the founding director of the Visual Math Institue, which is based locally.

Books Published

• Foundations of Mechanics (with Jerrold Marsden) Math text
• Dynamics, the Geometry of Behavior (with Christopher Shaw) Math text
• Chaos, Gaia, Eros —Philosophy
• Chaos, Cosmos, and Creativity (with Rupert Sheldrake and Terence McKenna) Philosophy
• Trialogues on the Edge of the West (with Rupert Sheldrake and Terence McKenna)
• The Evolutionary Mind (with Rupert Sheldrake and Terence McKenna)

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• Wikipedia Article: Ralph Abraham
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