Description
Book SynopsisCasti Tours offers the most spectacular vistas of modern applied mathematics a Nature
Mathematical modeling is about rulesa the rules of reality. Reality Rules explores the syntax and semantics of the language in which these rules are written, the language of mathematics. Characterized by the clarity and vision typical of the author''s previous books, Reality Rules is a window onto the competing dialects of this languagea in the form of mathematical models of real-world phenomenaa that researchers use today to frame their views of reality.
Moving from the irreducible basics of modeling to the upper reaches of scientific and philosophical speculation, Volumes 1 and 2, The Fundamentals and The Frontier, are ideal complements, equally matched in difficulty, yet unique in their coverage of issues central to the contemporary modeling of complex systems.
Engagingly written and handsomely illustrated, Reality Rules is a fascinating journey into the conceptual underpinnin
Table of ContentsThe Ways of Modelmaking: Natural Systems and Formal MathematicalRepresentations.
Catastrophes, Dynamics and Life: The Singularities of Ecologicaland Natural Resource Systems.
Pattern and the Emergence of Living Forms: Cellular Automata andDiscrete Dynamics.
Order in Chaos: Variety and Pattern in the Flow of Fluids,Populations and Money.
Index.
