Fields, Flows, and Waves: An Introduction to Continuum Models

by David F. Parker

This book serves as an introduction to the use of mathematics in describing collective phenomena in physics and biology. Derived from a course of innovative lectures, the book shows students early in their studies how many of the topics they have encountered - partial differential equations, differential equations, Fourier series, and linear algebra - are useful in constructing, analysing and interpreting phenomena present in the real world. Throughout,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852337087
• ISBN13: 9781852337087
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 10.0"