After Isaac Newton's great success in celestial mechanics, a world view of determinism was held by many scientists in the 1700 and 1800's. This ended with the development of quantum mechanics, which introduced randomness at a fundamental level of our understanding of nature. In this book, the author introduces basic mathematical concepts for deterministic and random evolution.
Among these are stability, bifurcation, hysteresis, time scales, expected value and variance. The gambler's ruin problem, growth processes in biology, and Ehrenfest's urn model illustrate random evolutions. The author also uses mathematical concepts to briefly discuss the arrow of time, determinism and free will, and creation vs. evolution.
| ISBN: | 9781626180147 |
| Publication date: | 15th May 2013 |
| Author: | Jens Lorenz |
| Publisher: | Nova Science Publishers an imprint of Nova Science Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Mathematics Research Developments |
| Genres: |
Evolution |
After Isaac Newton's great success in celestial mechanics, a world view of determinism was held by many scientists in the 1700 and 1800's. This ended with the development of quantum mechanics, which introduced randomness at a fundamental level of our understanding of nature.
Deterministic and Random Evolution features in the following genres: Evolution
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Deterministic and Random Evolution was written by Jens Lorenz and published by Nova Science Publishers an imprint of Nova Science Publishers Inc
Deterministic and Random Evolution has 192 pages
Yes it is part of Mathematics Research Developments series