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Will Wilson, American Scientist
"an excellent resource for bringing a greater variety of patterns into the mathematical study of nature".

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Philip J. Davis SIAM News : Read for pleasure and instruction by the select laity who are not afraid of reading between the lines of equations.


Steven Morics MAA Online : One surprising example after another of how mathematics can be used to explain natural phenomena. And what examples!


Yuri V. Rogovchenko Zentralblatt Math (European Mathematical Society) : One of the best contemporary texts on the subject, appealing to a very broad audience.


Brian D. Sleeman Notices of the American Mathematical Association : John Adam's quest is a very simple one: to invite one to look around and observe the wonders of nature.


Choice : Reading this book progressively creates a course in mathematical modeling built around familiar, tangible, human-scale examples.


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In recent years, as I have walked daily to and from work, I have started to train myself to observe the sky, the birds, butterflies, trees, and flowers, something I had not done previously in a conscious way (although I did watch out for fast-moving cars and unfriendly dogs). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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