Accompanying the book, as with all TELOS sponsored publications, is an electronic component. In this case it is a DOS-Diskette produced by one of the coauthors, Paul Wellin. This diskette consists of Mathematica notebooks and packages which contain the codes for all examples and exercises in the book, as well as additional materials intended to extend many ideas covered in the text. It is of great value to teachers, students, and others using this book to learn how to effectively program with Mathematica .

In "Simulating Scoiety," the authors explore the basis for social and economic behavior. Using the methodology of computer simulation, specifically cellular automata, they model various factors that are involved in a system of individuals (or agents) who interact socially and economically with one another. The usefulness of computer simulations in the social sciences is that it provides a laboratory in which qualitative ideas about social and economic interations can be tested. This brings a new dimension to the social sciences where 'explanations' abound, but are rarely subject to much...

Contains a lovingly curated set of quizzes that will test you on how much you really know. From high to low culture, history to geography, music to movies, science to trivia - hours of fun for the know-it-all in your life.

Contains a lovingly curated set of quizzes that will test you on how much you really know. From high to low culture, history to geography, music to movies, science to trivia - hours of fun for the know-it-all in your life.