Elementary Mathematical Models: An Accessible Development Without Calculus by Dan KalmanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
...Presuming only a background of exposure to high school algebra, the text introduces students to a cogent methodology of mathematical modeling building up from raw, sequential data and employing difference and ratio equations. Sequences lead off in an effective and engaging manner. The reader is drawn easily into a working knowledge ramping up through number patterns in visual and instructive puzzles. Real-world examples abound with multiple contemporary environmental and life science topics: sea ice extent, atmospheric carbon dioxide, infectious disease spread, repeated medication doses, and more. These emphasize the power and utility of quantitative methods which is the aim here, rather than a rigorous, technical mastery. Encompassing a wide spectrum of quantitative models and touching on chaos theory, this is a broad and coherent introduction to basic, predictive data modelling....
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