John Casti Quote

What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of "model," is that the mathematical model is an image or picture of reality painted with logical symbols instead of with words, sounds or watercolors.


Reality Rules, The Fundamentals (ed. 1997)


What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of model, is that the mathematical model is an image...

What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of model, is that the mathematical model is an image...

What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of model, is that the mathematical model is an image...

What distinguishes a mathematical model from, say, a poem, a song, a portrait or any other kind of model, is that the mathematical model is an image...