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ALTERNATE REALITIES : Mathematical Models of Nature and Man
by John L Casti
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- ISBN 10
- 047161842X
- ISBN 13
- 9780471618423
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New York, NY: Wiley-Interscience/John Wiley, 1989. First Edition, First Printing . Hardcover. New/Fine. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. 1989 First Edition, First Thus. Gilt embossed red linen boards/Fine. DJ/Fine w/trace shelfwear. Textbook for researchers, teachers & students. Highly regarded treatment of theory & practice of mathematical modeling for economics, social sciences, biology, computer science disciplines. Focus on system-theoretic concepts such as self-organization, adaptation, reslliance, surprise & uncertainty, and the mathematical structures needed to incorporate these interests into formal systems. 493 pgs in 9 chapters: 1, The Ways of Modeling: Natural Systems & Formal Mathematical Representations; 2, Pattern & the Emergence of Living Forms: Cellular Automata & Discrete Dynamics; 3, The Analytical Engine: A Newtonian View of Brains, Minds & Mechanisms; 4, Catastrophes & Life: The Singularities of Ecological & Natural Resource Systems; 5, Order in Chaos: Turbulence & Pattern in the Flow of Fluids, Populations & Money; 6, Strategies for Survival: Competition, Games & the Theory of Evolution; 7, Taming Nature & Man: Control, Anticipation, & Adaptation in Social & Biological Processes; 8, The Geometry of Human Affairs: Connective Structure in Art, Literature & Games of Chance; and, 9, How Do We Know?: Myths, Models and Paradigms in the Creation of Beliefs. Questions, problems, and exercises following each chapter are an integral part of the book.
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- Title
- ALTERNATE REALITIES : Mathematical Models of Nature and Man
- Author
- John L Casti
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 047161842X
- ISBN 13
- 9780471618423
- Publisher
- Wiley-Interscience/John Wiley
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1989
- Pages
- 493
- Keywords
- Mathematics, Textbook, Mathematical, Modeling, Nature, Society, /Social Studies, Economics, Biology, Computer Science
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics; Memoir; Computer Science;
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