The new edition of this non-mathematical review of catastrophe theory
contains updated results and many new or expanded topics including
delayed loss of stability, shock waves, and interior scattering. Three
new sections offer the history of singularity and its applications from
da Vinci to today, a discussion of perestroika in terms of the theory of
metamorphosis, and a list of 93 problems touching on most of the subject
matter in the book.