Simon Gindikin
Birkhäuser Boston
0e druk, 2011
9781461284093
Tales of Physicists and Mathematicians
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Paperback, 158 blz.
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Engels
Birkhäuser Boston |
2011
ISBN13: 9781461284093
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Levertijd ongeveer 9 werkdagen
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This revised and greatly expanded edition of the Russian classic contains a wealth of new information about the lives of many great mathematicians and scientists, past and present. Written by a distinguished mathematician and featuring a unique mix of mathematics, physics, and history, this text combines original source material and provides careful explanations for some of the most significant discoveries in mathematics and physics. What emerges are intriguing, multifaceted biographies that will interest readers at all levels.
Specificaties
ISBN13:9781461284093
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:158
Uitgever:Birkhäuser Boston
Druk:0
Inhoudsopgave
Ars Magna (The Great Art).- Appendix: From De Vita Propria Liber (The Book of My Life).- Two Tales of Galileo.- I. The Discovery of the Laws of Motion.- II. The Medicean Stars.- Appendix: Olaf Römer’s Conjecture.- Christiaan Huygens, Pendulum Clocks, and a Curve “Not At All Considered by the Ancients”.- Appendix: Part Five of Horlogium Oscillatorium.- Blaise Pascal.- Prince of Mathematicians.- I. Gauss’ Debut.- II. The Golden Theorem.- III. Royal Days.- Appendix: Construction Problems Leading to Cubic Equations.