Agriculture as a Metaphor for Creativity in All Human Endeavors

Download or read book Agriculture as a Metaphor for Creativity in All Human Endeavors written by Robert S. Anderssen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of papers presented at the 'Forum "Math-for-Industry" 2016 ' (FMfl2016), held at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, on November 21–23, 2016. The theme for this unique and important event was “Agriculture as a Metaphor for Creativity in All Human Endeavors”, and it brought together leading international mathematicians and active researchers from universities and industry to discuss current challenging topics and to promote interactive collaborations between mathematics and industry. The success of agricultural practice relies fundamentally on its interconnections with and dependence on biology and the environment. Both play essential roles, including the biological adaption to cope with environmental challenges of biotic and abiotic stress and global warming. The book highlights the development of mathematics within this framework that successful agricultural practice depends upon and exploits.