This collection of 13 papers reflects a wide diversity of applications and approaches based on interpretations of these famous but little-understood theories. Topics include transient synchronization in multivariate brain signals, bipolar disorder analysis using a van der Pol oscillator model, parallel implementation of the shortest paths problem on weighted intervals and circular arc graphs, low-dimensional chaos in small noisy sample sets, three-dimensional effects of effluents and wind in sensitivity studies of lakes, old and new riddles, mode decomposition and the wavelet approach in the analysis of time scale synchronization, fractal dimension estimation in bone studies, forecasting of hyperchaotic Rössler system state variables using one observable, fractal geometry in computer graphics, buyer decision-making in the housing industry, the climatic memory of deep lakes, the complexities associated with bioethics. Some papers may be available online. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)