Buch, Englisch, 864 Seiten, Format (B × H): 181 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 1510 g
Buch, Englisch, 864 Seiten, Format (B × H): 181 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 1510 g
ISBN: 978-0-471-18437-9
Verlag: Wiley
This Set contains: Reality Rules, Picturing the World in Mathematics, Volume 1, The Fundamentals by John Casti; Reality Rules, Picturing the World in Mathematics, Volume 2, The Frontier by John Casti
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Aus dem Inhalt:
VOLUME 1: THE WAYS OF MODELMAKING: Natural Systems and Formal Mathematical Representations;
CATASTROPHES, DYNAMICS AND LIFE: The Singularities of Ecological and Natural Resource Systems;
PATTERN AND THE EMERGENCE OF LIVING FORMS: Cellular Automata and Discrete Dynamics;
ORDER IN CHAOS: Variety and Pattern in the Flow of Fluids, Populations and Money.
VOLUME 2: STRATEGIES FOR SURVIVAL: Competition, games and the Theory of Evolution;
THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE: A System-Theoretic View of Brains, Minds and Mechanisms;
TAMING NATURE AND MAN: Control Anticipation and Adaptation in Social and Biological Processes;
THE GEOMETRY OF HUMAN AFFAIRS: Connective Structure in Art, Literature and Games of Chance;
THE MYSTIQUE OF MECHANISMS: Computation, Complexity and the Limits to Reason;
HOW DO WE KNOW?: Myths, Models and Paradigms in the Creation of Beliefs.
Strategies for Survival: Competition, Games and the Theory of Evolution.
The Analytical Engine: A System-Theoretic View of Brains, Minds and Mechanisms.
Taming Nature and Man: Control, Anticipation and Adaptation in Social and Biological Processes.
The Geometry of Human Affairs: Connective Structure in Art, Literature and Games of Chance.
The Mystique of Mechanism: Computation, Complexity and the Limits to Reason.
How Do We Know?: Myths, Models and Paradigms in the Creation of Beliefs.
Index.
