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Reality Rules V2 P

Reality Rules V2 P

Casti

Paperback

Series: Wiley Professional: Reality Rules: Picturing the World in Mathematics, Book 2

General Mathematics

ISBN10: 0471184365
ISBN13: 9780471184362
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: Mar 13 1997
Pages: 448
Weight: 3.27
Height: 1.55 Width: 7.17 Depth: 10.06
Language: English
Casti Tours offers the most spectacular vistas of modern appliedmathematics.-- Nature

Mathematical modeling is about rules--the rules of reality. RealityRules explores the syntax and semantics of the language in whichthese rules are written, the language of mathematics. Characterizedby the clarity and vision typical of the author's previous books, Reality Rules is a window onto the competing dialects of thislanguage--in the form of mathematical models of real-worldphenomena--that researchers use today to frame their views ofreality.

Moving from the irreducible basics of modeling to the upper reachesof scientific and philosophical speculation, Volumes 1 and 2, TheFundamentals and The Frontier, are ideal complements, equallymatched in difficulty, yet unique in their coverage of issuescentral to the contemporary modeling of complex systems.

Engagingly written and handsomely illustrated, Reality Rules is afascinating journey into the conceptual underpinnings of realityitself, one that examines the major themes in dynamical systemtheory and modeling and the issues related to mathematical modelsin the broader contexts of science and philosophy. Far-reaching andfar-sighted, Reality Rules is destined to shape the insight andwork of students, researchers, and scholars in mathematics, science, and the social sciences for generations to come.

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Mathematical Models of Nature and Man

John L. Casti

A thoroughly modern account of the theory and practice ofmathematical modeling with a treatment focusing on system-theoreticconcepts such as complexity, self-organization, adaptation, bifurcation, resilience, surprise and uncertainty, and themathematical structures needed to employ these in a formalsystem.

1989 0-471-61842-X 493pp.

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