Alternate realities : mathematical models of nature and man /
Casti, J. L.
Alternate realities : mathematical models of nature and man / John L. Casti. - New York : Wiley, [c1989] - xvii, 493 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - A Wiley-Interscience publication .
"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The ways of modelmaking: natural systems and formal mathematical representations -- Pattern and the emergence of living forms: cellular automata and discrete dynamics -- The analytical engine: a Newtonian view of brains, minds and mechanisms -- Catastrophes and life: the singularities of ecological and natural resource systems -- Order in chaos: turbulence and pattern in the flow of fluids, populations and money -- Strategies for survival: competition, games and the theory of evolution -- 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 -- How do we know?: Myths, models and paradigms in the creation of beliefs.
047161842X 9780471618423
88022337
GB90-4487
Mathematical models.
System analysis.
Dynamical systems Mathematical models
QA 401 / .C358
Alternate realities : mathematical models of nature and man / John L. Casti. - New York : Wiley, [c1989] - xvii, 493 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. - A Wiley-Interscience publication .
"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The ways of modelmaking: natural systems and formal mathematical representations -- Pattern and the emergence of living forms: cellular automata and discrete dynamics -- The analytical engine: a Newtonian view of brains, minds and mechanisms -- Catastrophes and life: the singularities of ecological and natural resource systems -- Order in chaos: turbulence and pattern in the flow of fluids, populations and money -- Strategies for survival: competition, games and the theory of evolution -- 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 -- How do we know?: Myths, models and paradigms in the creation of beliefs.
047161842X 9780471618423
88022337
GB90-4487
Mathematical models.
System analysis.
Dynamical systems Mathematical models
QA 401 / .C358