Readings
    Harte, chapter I, chapter IIA, IID
    Turco, chapters 2, 3, 7, 8, appendix A
    Evar D. Nering, "The Mirage of a Growing Fuel Supply," New York Times, June 4, 2001.
 

Class notes (covers same material as lecture slides, in narrative form)
     
Examples
 

Simple hydrologic model of Mono Lake
 

Logistic regression fit to cumulative oil production
 

Simple cost-benefit analysis of compact fluorescent lighting