UID:
almafu_9961873799702883
Format:
1 online resource (669 p.)
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
1-4398-8459-5
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0-429-15138-1
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1-4398-3473-3
Content:
Mathematics for the Environment shows how to employ simple mathematical tools, such as arithmetic, to uncover fundamental conflicts between the logic of human civilization and the logic of Nature. These tools can then be used to understand and effectively deal with economic, environmental, and social issues.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Why Did I Write This Book?; Reading, Learning and/or Teaching from This Book; Acknowledgments; Part I: Mathematics Is Connected to Everything; Chapter 1: Earth's Climate and Some Basic Principles; Chapter 2: Economic Instability: Ongoing Causes; Chapter 3: What Is Mathematics? More Basics; Chapter 4: We All Soak in a Synthetic Chemical Soup; Chapter 5: Mathematics: Food, Soil, Water, Air, Free Speech; Chapter 6: Mathematics and Energy; Chapter 7: The Brower-Cousteau Model of the Earth
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Chapter 8: Fuzzy Logic, Sharp Logic, Frames, and Bigger PicturesChapter 9: The Dunbar Number, Political Power, Public Relations, and Fear: Can Humans Act Sustainably?; Part II: Math and Nature: The Nature of Math; Chapter 10: One Pattern Viewed via Geometry and Numbers: Mathese; Chapter 11: Axioms and Atoms; Chapter 12: Five More Axioms for Numbers; Chapter 13 What Patterns Can Be Deduced in Our Deductive System?; Part III: One of the Oldest Mathematical Patterns; Chapter 14: A Short Story and Some Numberless Mathematics; Chapter 15: A Set of Social Rules for the Warlpiri People
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Part IV: CountingChapter 16: Counting Exactly; Chapter 17: Equivalence Relations and Counting; Part V: Box Models: Population, Money, Recycling; Chapter 18: Some Population Numbers; Chapter 19: Basic Mathematical Patterns in Population Growth; Chapter 20: Box Models: Money, Recycling, Epidemics; Part VI: Chance: Health, Surveillance, Spies, and Voting; Chapter 21: Chance: Health and News; Chapter 22: Surveillance, Spies, Snitches, Loss of Privacy, and Life; Chapter 23: Identity Theft, Encryption, Torture, Planespotting; Chapter 24: Voting in the 21st Century; Part VII: Economics
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Chapter 25: What Exactly Is Economics?Chapter 26: Mathematical Concepts and Economics; Chapter 27: The Concept of Money; Chapter 28: Distributed vs. Centralized Control and Decision Making; Chapter 29: Energy and Thermodynamics; Chapter 30: The Financial Mathematics of Loans, Debts, and Compound Interest; Part VIII: Media Literacy; Chapter 31: Information Flow in the 21st Century; Chapter 32: Media Literacy: Censorship and Propaganda; References
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4398-3472-5
Language:
English
