Elementary Mathematical Models: Order Aplenty and a Glimpse of Chaos (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks) - Softcover

Dan Kalman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0883857073 ISBN 13: 9780883857076

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 1998

Synopsis

The language of mathematics has proven over centuries of application to be an indispensable tool for the expression and analysis of real problems. Here Kalman explains for an audience of non-mathematicians the relevance of mathematical models to phenomena ranging from population growth and economics to medicine and the physical sciences.

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About the Author

Dan Kalman has been writing about and teaching mathematics for 20 years. A graduate of Harvey Mudd College (BS, 1974) and the University of Wisconsin (PhD, 1975) he is currently a member of the mathematics faculty at American University, Washington, DC He previously held faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, and Augustana College, Sioux Falls, among other institutions, and worked for several years as an applied mathematician at the Aerospace Corporation. Her also served for one year as an Associate Executive Director of the MAA. Kalman was recognized with a Plya Award in 1994, and a Trevor Evans Award in 1997. He is an Associate Editor for "Mathematics Magazine" and has served on the Editorial Boards for the Spectrum and Classroom Resources Materials series of publications of the Mathematical Association of America.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0883857073
• ISBN 13: 9780883857076
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 361