Banks and Tran (both mathematics, North Carolina State U.) present material they developed for a two-semester experiment-oriented modeling course sequence based on the fundamental physical and biological processes of heat flow, wave propagation, fluid and structural dynamics, structured population dynamics, and electromagnetism. It could be used in a similar course at the advanced undergraduate or first-year graduate level. Among specific topics are thermal imaging and detection, dynamic properties such as stiffness and damping of structures such as beams and plates, acoustics and fluid transport, size-structured population dynamics, electromagnetic dispersion, and optics. The course and book are designed to inspire students to deeper study either of the mathematics or of the applications. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)