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" Alternate realities : "
John L. Casti.
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BL
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1014563
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b768933
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Casti, J. L.
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Alternate realities : : mathematical models of nature and man /\ John L. Casti.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Wiley,, [©1989]
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A Wiley-Interscience publication
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xvii, 493 pages :: illustrations ;; 26 cm.
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047161842X
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: 9780471618423
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"A Wiley-Interscience publication."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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The ways of modelmaking: natural systems and formal mathematical representations -- Pattern and the emergence of living forms: cellular automata and discrete dynamics -- The analytical engine: a Newtonian view of brains, minds and mechanisms -- Catastrophes and life: the singularities of ecological and natural resource systems -- Order in chaos: turbulence and pattern in the flow of fluids, populations and money -- Strategies for survival: competition, games and the theory of evolution -- Taming nature and man: control, anticipation, and adaptation in social and biological processes -- The geometry of human affairs: connective structure in art, literature and games of chance -- How do we know?: Myths, models and paradigms in the creation of beliefs.
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Mathematical models.
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System analysis.
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Modèles mathématiques.
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Systèmes, Analyse de.
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Biologie
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Chaotisches System
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Dynamisches System
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Mathematical models.
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Mathematical models.
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Mathematisches Modell
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Naturwissenschaften
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System analysis.
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System analysis.
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Systemtheorie
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| Dewey Classification
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001.4/34
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| LC Classification
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QA401.C358 1989
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*00A71msc
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00A69msc
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92-02msc
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MAT 587fstub
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MSR 580fstub
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SK 970rvk
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