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Applied mathematics : a very short introduction / Alain Goriely.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 555.Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First editionDescription: xxv, 141 pages : illustrations ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198754046
  • 0198754043
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA93 .G66 2018
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.
Summary: Applied mathematics plays a major role in the sciences and in engineering, where it enhances our ability to use models and handle data. While pure mathematics mostly focuses on abstract structures, applied mathematics provides a tool for understanding and tackling a multitude of practical problems, such as medical imaging and neuroscience. Here, Alain Goriely explains the nature of applied mathematics, and discusses its early achievements in physics and engineering, and its development as a separate field after World War II. Using historical examples, and current applications and challenges, Goriely illustrates the role that mathematics plays in the modern sciences today, and its far-reaching potential.
List(s) this item appears in: Oxford very short introduction series
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Circulating Book Collection Circulating Book Collection Albright College Library Stacks General collection 510 G6695a 2018 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31856002510236
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.

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.

Applied mathematics plays a major role in the sciences and in engineering, where it enhances our ability to use models and handle data. While pure mathematics mostly focuses on abstract structures, applied mathematics provides a tool for understanding and tackling a multitude of practical problems, such as medical imaging and neuroscience. Here, Alain Goriely explains the nature of applied mathematics, and discusses its early achievements in physics and engineering, and its development as a separate field after World War II. Using historical examples, and current applications and challenges, Goriely illustrates the role that mathematics plays in the modern sciences today, and its far-reaching potential.

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