Patterns of Change

"Anyone familiar with the important themes of science and mathematics will recognize patterns of change as a central focus of attention. Which patterns are appropriate to which circumstances and what sorts of things can cause these characteristics patterns are critical in the abstract (calculus, differential equations, system dynamics, and so on) and in every particular science. In physics, you find hysteresis in magnetic materials and in the thermodynamic Carnot Cycle; in biology, you have patterns such as population explosions and equilibrium or similar patterns in chemical reactions in cells, and so on. If authority is necessary on this issue, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in its Science for All Americans project, lists pattern of change as one of six fundamental themes in all of science." (p. 75)

DISESSA, Andrea A, 2000. Changing minds: computers, learning, and literacy. . Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-04180-5.

See Climatic Patterns.