Math Alive
by Ingrid Daubechies, Shannon Hughes
Publisher: Princeton University 2008
Number of pages: 454
Description:
This course is designed for those who haven't had college mathematics but would like to understand some of the mathematical concepts behind important modern applications. Topics: Cryptography; Error correction and compression; Probability and Statistics; Birth, Growth, Death and Chaos; Graph Theory; Voting and Social Choice.
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