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Re:Ask HN: Books to learn applied maths? by MTsardakas on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @07:55AM (#14451752)
Howison's Practical Applied Mathematics has many illuminating examples of maths being applied in a variety of fields. A good introduction to modelling techniques with a nice balance between theory and examples is Applied Mathematics by Logan.
Re:Ask HN: Books to learn applied maths? by nocoder on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @09:12AM (#14452178)
Thanks for this. I checked them out and they sound very interesting, do you recommend that I begin with one of them or is it fine to read them concurrently?
Re:Ask HN: Books to learn applied maths? by MTsardakas on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:54AM (#14453464)
It depends! If you want to see unusual examples of applied maths or a bit of thinking out of the box, focusing on techniques and not theory, start with Howison's. Logan builds theory alongside applications and is, therefore, heavier on maths. If you're confident with graduate level physics though you should be fine with both.