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Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science Joshua M. Epstein

Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science By Joshua M. Epstein

Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science by Joshua M. Epstein

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This book is based on a series of lectures on mathematical biology, the essential dynamics of complex and crucially important social systems, and the unifying power of mathematics and nonlinear dynamical systems theory.

Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science Summary

Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science by Joshua M. Epstein

This book is based on a series of lectures on mathematical biology, the essential dynamics of complex and crucially important social systems, and the unifying power of mathematics and nonlinear dynamical systems theory.

About Joshua M. Epstein

Joshua M. Epstein is a Senior Fellow in Economic Studies at The Brookings Institution and a Member of the External Faculty of the Santa Fe Institute. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from M.I.T., and has taught Complex Systems at Princeton and the Santa Fe Institute Summer School. His books include Measuring Military Power Conventional Force Reductions: A Dynamic Assessment and, with coauthor Robert Axtell, Growing Artificial Societies: Social Science from the Bottom Up. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Melissa and their daughter Anna Matilda.

Table of Contents

About the Santa Fe Institute -- Santa Fe Institute Editorial Board December 1996 -- Santa Fe Institute Studies in the Sciences of Complexity -- Introduction -- On The Mathematical Biology of Arms Races, Wars, and Revolutions -- An Adaptive Dynamic Model of Combat -- Imperfect Collective Security and Arms Race Dynamics: Why a Little Cooperation Can Make a Big Difference -- Revolutions, Epidemics, and Ecosystems: Some Dynamical Analogies -- A Theoretical Perspective on The Spread of Drugs -- An Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamical Systems

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GOR013448623
9780201419887
0201419882
Nonlinear Dynamics, Mathematical Biology, And Social Science by Joshua M. Epstein
Joshua M. Epstein
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Inc
1997-01-01
180
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