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• Title:Applied mathematics : a very short introduction / Alain Goriely.
  
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• Author/Creator:Goriely, Alain.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Oxford Very Short Introductions
  
• Published/Created:Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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  • Call Number: QA93
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Mathematics--Popular works.
  
• Subject(s):Electronic books.
  MATHEMATICS / Applied.
  Mathematics.
  Angewandte Mathematik
  
• Genre/Form:Popular works.
  
• Edition:First edition.
  
• Description:1 online resource
  
• Series:Very short introductions ; 555.
  
• Terms governing use:Access may be restricted to institutions with a site license.
  
• 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.-- Source other than the Library of Congress.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-135) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780198754046
  0198754043
  
• 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.