9/14/2011

A Course in Mathematical Modeling (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks) Review

A Course in Mathematical Modeling (Mathematical Association of America Textbooks)
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To break it down.
1. The authors write with a clarity and elegance that is almost universally absent in math/science texts. The book is beautifully paced. Anybody thinking about writing a technical book would do well to read this before starting out.
2. The mathematics is second to the modelling. They move from simple examples towards the formal mathematics, nothing is introduced without explanation. This is a vast improvement over so many other texts that are happy to derive the math first and then show an example, which is no way to engage the mind. It is the only text I have come across that presents differential equations and continuous stochastic processes in a palatable manner.
3. The exercises have been well thought out, and not just thrown in at the end of each chapter, reflecting the authors' teaching experience, and leave you with any number of directions in which to take your own steps in modelling.
It is simply one of the best written and engaging technical books I have read this or any other year. This books shows that one can write clearly about mathematics. If you really want to understand and ground yourself in math modelling and simulation, this is where to start.

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