ABSTRACT

Mathematics for the Environment shows how to employ simple mathematical tools, such as arithmetic, to uncover fundamental conflicts between the logic of human civilization and the logic of Nature. These tools can then be used to understand and effectively deal with economic, environmental, and social issues. With elementary mathematics, the book se

part I|221 pages

Mathematics Is Connected to Everything

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chapter Chapter 1|27 pages

Earth's Climate and Some Basic Principles

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chapter Chapter 2|14 pages

Economic Instability: Ongoing Causes

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chapter Chapter 3|27 pages

What Is Mathematics? More Basics

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chapter Chapter 4|25 pages

We All Soak in a Synthetic Chemical Soup

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chapter Chapter 5|51 pages

Mathematics: Food, Soil, Water, Air, Free Speech

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chapter Chapter 6|22 pages

Mathematics and Energy

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chapter Chapter 7|14 pages

The Brower–Cousteau Model of the Earth

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chapter Chapter 8|15 pages

Fuzzy Logic, Sharp Logic, Frames, and Bigger Pictures

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part II|55 pages

Math and Nature: The Nature of Math

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chapter Chapter 10|12 pages

One Pattern Viewed via Geometry and Numbers: Mathese

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chapter Chapter 11|17 pages

Axioms and Atoms

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chapter Chapter 12|5 pages

Five More Axioms for Numbers

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chapter Chapter 13|17 pages

What Patterns Can Be Deduced in Our Deductive System?

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part III|23 pages

One of the Oldest Mathematical Patterns

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chapter Chapter 14|8 pages

A Short Story and Some Numberless Mathematics

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chapter Chapter 15|13 pages

A Set of Social Rules for the Warlpiri People

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part IV|35 pages

Counting Exactly

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chapter Chapter 16|16 pages

Counting Exactly

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chapter Chapter 17|17 pages

Equivalence Relations and Counting

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part V|59 pages

Box Models: Population, Money, Recycling

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chapter Chapter 18|9 pages

Some Population Numbers

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chapter Chapter 19|30 pages

Basic Mathematical Patterns in Population Growth

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chapter Chapter 20|17 pages

Box Models: Money, Recycling, Epidemics

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part VI|56 pages

Chance: Health, Surveillance, Spies, and Voting

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chapter Chapter 21|10 pages

Chance: Health and News

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chapter Chapter 22|23 pages

Surveillance, Spies, Snitches, Loss of Privacy, and Life

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chapter Chapter 23|12 pages

Identity Theft, Encryption, Torture, Planespotting

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chapter Chapter 24|8 pages

Voting in the 21 Century

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part VII|117 pages

Economics

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chapter Chapter 25|19 pages

What Exactly Is Economics?

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chapter Chapter 26|10 pages

Mathematical Concepts and Economics

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chapter Chapter 27|23 pages

The Concept of Money

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chapter Chapter 28|14 pages

Distributed vs. Centralized Control and Decision Making

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chapter Chapter 29|28 pages

Energy and Thermodynamics

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chapter Chapter 30|19 pages

The Financial Mathematics of Loans, Debts, and Compound Interest

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part VIII|20 pages

Media Literacy

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chapter Chapter 31|10 pages

Information Flow in the 21 Century

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chapter Chapter 32|8 pages

Media Literacy: Censorship and Propaganda

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