About Time 3 by Lawrence Miles

About Time 3 by Lawrence Miles

It is widely recognized that the degree of development of a science is given by the transition from a mainly descriptive stage to a more quantitative stage. In this transition, qualitative interpretations (conceptual models) are complemented with quantification (numerical models, both, deterministic and stochastic). This has been the main task of mathematical geoscientists during the last forty years - to establish new frontiers and new challenges in the study and understanding of the natural world.

Mathematics of Planet Earth comprises the proceedings of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences Conference (IAMG2013), held in Madrid from September 2-6, 2013. The Conference addresses researchers, professionals and students. The proceedings contain more than 150 original contributions and give a multidisciplinary vision of mathematical geosciences.

Tat Wood has been working on more About Time installments and completely non-Doctor-Who-related books (one of which, World History in Minutes, is available through Quercus Books and all fine remaindered book shops) since the far-off days of About Time 7, when most people were quite sure what number followed directly before 9.