Drawing examples from mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, economics, medicine, politics, and sports, this book shows the vital role of nonlinear dynamics in our world. Examples range from communicable disease to long-range weather forecasts.

Explores in each chapter nonlinear phenomena drawn from a unique discipline within the physical and social sciences, engineering, and medicine Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt

Preface.- Part I. World of Mathematics.- 1. World of Nonlinear Systems.- 2. World of Nonlinear ODEs.- 3. World of Nonlinear Maps.- 4. World of Solitons.- Part II. Our Nonlinear World.- 5. World of Motion.- 6. World of Sports.- 7. World of Electromagnetism.- 8. World of Weather Prediction.- 9. World of Chemistry.- 10. World of Disease.- 11. World of War.- Bibliography.- Index.