An Applied Mathematician's Apology

Author: Miles, John

Published in: Engineering and Science, Volume 47, Number 1, 1983, pp. 9-12

Part of: Engineering and Science, Volume 47:1, September 1983

Item Category: Feature Articles

Persistent URL: https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechES:47.1.Miles

Abstract

Alumnus John Miles makes the point -- not really apologetically -- that applied mathematics is primarily, if not wholly, concerned with the understanding of nature.

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