mathematical models

Simple text and photographs introduce the importance of using models to test ideas, collect data, and find patterns.

"Introduces readers to the science and engineering practices of using models and math in science"--.

Explores the enigmas, paradoxes, and random qualities that exist within the field of mathematics and discusses the author's groundbreaking discovery of the Omega number, a complex representation of unknowability.

Examines the theory of emergence--the concept that much comes from little, as in the process through which a seed becomes a tree--and discusses its implications for science, business, and the arts.

Presents illustrated instructions for twenty-five science models covering topics such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth science, and physics.

Discusses entrepreneurial mathematics, or the harnessing of private data provided by consumers when they use credit cards, donate money, or access the Internet, for the purpose of tailoring marketing and sales efforts toward individuals under the guise of making life easier.