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X and the City: Modeling Aspects of Urban Life

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Product Details

  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press (May 27, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0691154643
  • ISBN-13: 978-0691154640
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A great intro to Mathematical Modeling
By Ed Pegg Jr VINE VOICE on July 27, 2012
Format: Hardcover
Of the classes I had in college, mathematical modeling was the smallest class I had, but many times over the most valuable. Basically, the lesson is Use What You Know! After learning many other classes, this was the class that answered "What do we need this for?" Calculus, programming, linear algebra -- these are all good to know. Better is to know how to apply them. Even if you don't know the math, knowing that a particular type of problem can be solved with a particular type of math can often be 90% of solving the problem. Math modeling turns your knowledge into a toolbox. Once you get there, you don't even need to really understand some of the tools available in your toolbox -- if you need a particular math tool, you can look at the reference manual for it when you need to.

For X and the City, the author applies many aspects of math modeling to urban living. He looks at Traffic congestion, for example, and asks for the percentage of (waking) time people spend driving. Average commute time in Chicago was 34 minute. He gives the formula for the carrying capacity of a road network. Then he models the effect of adding one more car to a roadway at capacity.

One benefit of a book about modeling -- everything starts in the real world. Every single chapter and section, the first few paragraphs will be completely understandable by everybody, presenting an urban problem (visibility in smog). The next few paragraphs, he explains equations (x^2 = 4a+c) that can solve the problem.

There are hundreds of great little math-related stories in this book, many that I did not know. Also, I didn't know some of this math. All in all, this book added quite a bit to my math modeling toolbox, all in an entertaining, well-written style.

Highly recommended for everybody.
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Excellent food for mathematically inquisitive minds
By Elmar Schmidt on August 16, 2014
Format: Hardcover
John A. Adam is an experienced mathematician with a recognized track record of technical papers and reviews, but also very much committed to teaching his field to students and educated laypersons alike. This book is one in a small but very worthwhile series of popular works by Adam. In 25 chapters it comprises not less than about 75 studies, projects, and morsels, all bound together by their potential appearance or relevance in life in a city, something, which obviously will not decrease in the world of the future.

For this reviewer the dust cover could be a bit more elaborate or artistic, but other than this, and as usual for Princeton University Press hardcovers, the format, haptic quality, choice of paper, and layout are all excellent. The book's graphs and graphics refrain of color, but are always inviting and enlightening. The typography of the very many equations is outstanding. It is calculations and equations, which set the tone and pace for most of this tome.

Here, Adam excels with lucid explanations and proofs throughout, which sometimes does not im- or explicitly spare his reader a few additional steps by paper and pen. So, this is obviously not your coffee table math book to be perused in a few days. When grading the subjects into three stages from easy to difficult, the material falls into these brackets with percentages of about 30:40:30. Whereas the easy and intermediate problems are accessible to anyone with a good command of arithmetics, geometry, trigonometry, basic probability, and real functions, the advanced topics would cater to a typical science major with a good footing in calculus and the beginnings of differential equations.Read more ›
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X and the City
By Dottie on September 16, 2012
Format: Hardcover Verified Purchase
Bought this for my daughter for Christmas. He was one of her favorite professors, & she enjoys anything he writes. He is good at making math easy to understand for laymen as well, and not only demonstrates why math is important but why it is FUN.
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