Nonlinear Science: Emergence and Dynamics of Coherent Structures

1. The Birth of a Paradigm 2. Linear Wave Theory 3. The Classical Soliton Equations 4. Reaction-Diffusion Systems 5. Nonlinear Lattices 6. Inverse Scattering Methods 7. Peturbation Theory 8. Quantum Lattice Solitons 9. Looking Ahead Bibliography Index