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Applied Mathematics: A Very Short Introduction
Mathematics is playing an increasingly important role in society and the sciences, enhancing our ability to use models and handle data. While pure mathematics is mostly interested in abstract structures, applied mathematics sits at the interface between this abstract world and the world in which we...
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2018
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| Series: | Very short introductions, 555.
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Table of Contents:
- What's so funny 'bout applied mathematics? Modelling, theory, and methods
- Do you want to know a secret? Turkeys, giants, and atomic bombs
- Do you believe in models? Simplicity and complexity
- Do you know the way to solve equations? Spinning tops and chaotic rabbits
- What's the frequency, Kenneth? Waves, quakes, and solitons
- Can you picture that? X-rays, DNA, and photos
- Mathematics, what is it good for? Quaternions, knots and more DNA
- Where are we going? Networks and the brain.