"For the novice the main concepts are stated and examples, which can directly be tested on the computer, help grasp the idea behind these concepts and formalisms. But even the advanced reader will find some interesting examples or a compact introduction to topics he is not so familiar with. Visualization helps to catch on the underlying concepts faster. Watching the solution of a dynamical system evolve in the phase plane, [one] gets a better understanding of the formulas behind [them].… Even the novice is enabled to handle rather complex problems and manipulate them quickly.… Together with the intuitive approach, the usage of the powerful software packages MATLAB/SIMULINK and the list of references this book provides the reader a good starting point to an intensive examination of dynamical systems. Summing up it can be said that this text allows the reader to have an easy and quick start to the huge field of dynamic systems theory. MATLAB/SIMULINK facilitate this approach under the aspect of learning by doing…"