Mathematics in Nature by John Adam

Mathematics in Nature by John Adam

Offers an introduction to the ideas and methods of mathematical modeling. This book illustrates how mathematics can be used to formulate and solve puzzles observed in nature and to interpret the solutions. It is useful as a supplemental text for courses in applied mathematics and mathematical modeling.

Mathematics in Nature is an excellent resource for bringing a greater variety of patterns into the mathematical study of nature, as well as for teaching students to think about describing natural phenomena mathematically.. [T]he breadth of patterns studied is phenomenal. -- Will Wilson American Scientist John Adam has combined his interest in the great outdoors and applied mathematics to compile one surprising example after another of how mathematics can be used to explain natural phenomena. And what examples! ... [He] has done a great deal of reading and exposition, indulging his passions to create this compilation of mathematical models of natural phenomena, and the sheer number of examples he manages to cram into this book is testament to his efforts. There are other texts on the market which explore the connection between mathematics and nature ... but none this wide-ranging. -- Steven Morics MAA Online Adam has laced his mathematical models with popular descriptions of the phenomena selected... Mathematics in Nature can accordingly be read for pleasure and instruction by the select laity who are not afraid of reading between the lines of equations. -- Philip J. Davis SIAM News John Adam's quest is a very simple one: that is, to invite one to look around and observe the wonders of nature, both natural and biological; to ponder them; and to try to explain them at various levels with, for the most part, quite elementary mathematical concepts and techniques. -- Brian D. Sleeman Notices of the American Mathematical Association Reading this book progressively creates a course in mathematical modeling built around familiar, tangible, human-scale examples, with a trajectory that takes readers from dimensional estimates through geometrical modeling, linear and nonlinear dynamics, to pattern formation. Choice John Adam's Mathematics in Nature illustrates how, in a friendly and lucid manner, mathematicians think about nature. Adam lets us see how mathematics is not only an ally, but is perhaps the very language that nature uses to express the beautiful... This is a book that will challenge while it intrigues and excites. -- Stanley David Gedzelman Weatherwise

John A. Adam is Professor of Mathematics at Old Dominion University, coeditor of "A Survey of Models for Tumor-Immune System Dynamics", and a regular contributor to leading journals in applied mathematics.

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ISBN 13	9780691114293
ISBN 10	0691114293
Titel	Mathematics in Nature
Autor	John A Adam
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-11-30
Seitenanzahl	392
Preise	Runner-up for AAP/Professional and Scholarly Publishing Awards: Mathematics and Statistics 2004, Runner-up for Choice Magazine Outstanding Reference/Academic Book Award 2004
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