An Essay on the Importance of Being Nonlinear

by Bruce J. West

One of my favorite quotes is from a letter of Charles Darwin (1887): "I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is proof of earnestness, and that you do not form your opinions without undergoing labour of some kind. " It is not clear if this private opinion of Darwin was one that he held to be absolutely true, or was one of those opinions that, as with most of us, coincides with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3540160388
• ISBN13: 9783540160380
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"