{"product_id":"9780080511245","title":"Mathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective","description":"\u003cp\u003eMathematical modeling is the art and craft of building a system of equations that is both sufficiently complex to do justice to physical reality and sufficiently simple to give real insight into the situation. \u003ci\u003eMathematical Modeling: A Chemical Engineer's Perspective\u003c\/i\u003e provides an elementary introduction to the craft by one of the century's most distinguished practitioners.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThough the book is written from a chemical engineering viewpoint, the principles and pitfalls are common to all mathematical modeling of physical systems. Seventeen of the author's frequently cited papers are reprinted to illustrate applications to convective diffusion, formal chemical kinetics, heat and mass transfer, and the philosophy of modeling. An essay of acknowledgments, asides, and footnotes captures personal reflections on academic life and personalities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes pitfalls as well as principles of mathematical modeling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents twenty examples of engineering problems\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeatures seventeen reprinted papers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresents personal reflections on some of the great natural philosophers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmphasizes modeling procedures that precede extensive calculations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Elsevier Science","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47105939276016,"sku":"9780080511245","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780080511245_p0.jpg?v=1763638106","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780080511245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}