Alternate realities : mathematical models of nature and man / John L. Casti.

By: Material type: TextSeries: A Wiley-Interscience publicationPublication details: New York : Wiley, [c1989]Description: xvii, 493 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 047161842X
  • 9780471618423
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Alternate realities.LOC classification:
  • QA 401 .C358
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Contents:
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.
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"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.

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