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This best-selling book introduces a broad audience including scientists and engineers working in a variety of fields as well as mathematicians from other subspecialties to one of the most active new areas of applied mathematics and the story of its discovery and development
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Science writer Hubbard, who admits that she avoided math courses in college, covers "the wavelet revolution" and the implications of this new mathematical language in a manner that belies the convention in such writing: "to conceal any sign that the author or the intended reader is a human being." The appendices offer help when the author goes beyond plain English in discussing Fourier analysis and quantum mechanics. Lists wavelet software and electronic resources. The debut edition was in French. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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