InhaltsangabePart I: Goal.- Probability.- Information.- Chance.- Necessity.- Chance and Necessity.- Self-Organization.- Physical Systems.- Chemical and Biochemical Systems.- Applications in Biology.- Sociology and Economics.- Chaos.- Some Historical Remarks and Outlook.- Part II: Linear Ordinary Differential Equations.- Linear Ordinary Differential Equations with Quasiperiodic Coefficients.- Stochastic Nonlinear Differential Equations.- The World of Coupled Nonlinear Oscillators.- Nonlinear Coupling of Oscillators: The Case of Persistence of Quasiperiodic Motion.- Nonlinear Equations. The Slaving Principle.- Nonlinear Equations. Qualitative Macroscopic Changes.- Spatial Patterns.- The Inclusion of Noise.- Discrete Noisy Maps.- Example of an Unsolvable Problem in Dynamics.- Some Comments on the Relation Between Synergetics and Other Sciences.