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    How Engineering and Science Evolve with Mathematical Tools

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    A probing examination of the dynamic history of predictive methods and values in science and engineering that helps us better understand today’s cultures of prediction.The ability to make reliable predictions based on robust and replicable methods is a defining feature of the scientific endeavor, allowing engineers to determine whether a building will stand up or where a cannonball will strike. Lesen Sie mehr

    € 26,72

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  • The Sciences of the Artificial, third edition

    Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools—chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms—for analyzing complexity and complex systems. There are updates throughout the book as well. These take into account important Lesen Sie mehr

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  • Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation

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  • The Best Writing on Mathematics 2011

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  • The Sciences of the Artificial, reissue of the third edition with a new introduction by John Laird

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