The World According to Wavelets: The Story of a Mathematical Technique in the Making, Second Edition

by Barbara Burke Hubbard

Overview

This best-selling book introduces a broad audience including scientists and engineers working in a variety of fields as well as mathematicians from other subspecialties to one of the most active new areas of applied mathematics and the story of its discovery and development. Organized in hypertext fashion, the book tells a story of scientific dis

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040052846
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	05/30/1998
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	286
File size:	2 MB

Table of Contents

To the Reader, Acknowledgments, PART I The World According to Wavelets, PART I1 Beyond Plain English, PART I11 Appendices, Further Reading, Wavelet Software and Electronic Resources, References, Index

Editorial Reviews

Science writer Hubbard, who admits that she avoided math courses in college, covers "the wavelet revolution" and the implications of this new mathematical language in a manner that belies the convention in such writing: "to conceal any sign that the author or the intended reader is a human being." The appendices offer help when the author goes beyond plain English in discussing Fourier analysis and quantum mechanics. Lists wavelet software and electronic resources. The debut edition was in French. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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