Mathematical Modelling by Matti HeilioMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
...This book provides some thorough material that stands out as ready lectures. Standing out by itself in this way are chapters on dimensional analysis around Bridgman, a Bayesian approach to forestry data leading the cover image, and an extensive study of balloon motion in the context of laws of conservation: mass, energy, momentum, etc. The book concludes with over thirty paragraph-length project ideas. For example, “A common spring mass combination makes up an oscillator with the well-known physical model. Now assume that the spring constant as well as the matter that causes the dampening are known only vaguely, i.e. as fuzzy numbers. What can be said about the oscillator’s movement?”
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