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100	1		_aCasti, J. L.
245	1	0	_aAlternate realities : _bmathematical models of nature and man / _cJohn L. Casti.
260			_aNew York : _bWiley, _c[c1989]
300			_axvii, 493 p. : _bill. ; _c26 cm.
490	0		_aA Wiley-Interscience publication
500			_a"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aMathematical models.
650		0	_aSystem analysis.
653			_aDynamical systems _aMathematical models
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aCasti, J.L. _tAlternate realities. _dNew York : Wiley, [c1989] _w(OCoLC)610204146
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/wiley042/88022337.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley033/88022337.html
856	4		_3Table of Contents _uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/onix04/88022337.html
856	4	2	_yInhaltsverzeichnis _uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/hbz/toc/ht003299474.pdf _mV:DE-605;DE-605 _3Inhaltsverzeichnis
856	4	2	_yZentralblatt MATH _uhttp://www.zentralblatt-math.org/zmath/en/search/?an=0676.00028 _mV:DE-601;ZBM _3Inhaltstext
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