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John Casti - Reality Rules - 9780471184355 - V9780471184355
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Reality Rules

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Description for Reality Rules Paperback. Exploring the syntax and semantics of the language in which mathematical modelling rules are written, this text moves from the basics of modelling to the upper reaches of scientific and philosophical speculation. Series: Wiley Science Paperback Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
"Casti Tours offers the most spectacular vistas of modern applied mathematics" a Nature
Mathematical modeling is about rulesa the rules of reality. Reality Rules explores the syntax and semantics of the language in which these rules are written, the language of mathematics. Characterized by the clarity and vision typical of the author's previous books, Reality Rules is a window onto the competing dialects of this languagea in the form of mathematical models of real-world phenomenaa that researchers use today to frame their views of reality.

Moving from the irreducible basics of modeling to the upper reaches ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Science Paperback Series
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780471184355
SKU
V9780471184355
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About John Casti
John L. Casti is a member of the faculty of the Santa Fe Institute and a professor at the Technical University of Vienna. He is the author of Alternate Realities, Paradigms Lost, Searching for Certainty, Complexification, and Five Golden Rules. Dr. Casti is the executive editor of Complexity, a journal published by John Wiley.

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