How to Fall Slower Than Gravity : And Other Everyday (and Not So Everyday) Uses of Mathematics and Physical Reasoning /

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An engaging collection of intriguing problems that shows you how to think like a mathematical physicistPaul Nahin is a master at explaining odd phenomena through straightforward mathematics. In this collection of twenty-six intriguing problems, he explores how mathematical physicists think. Always e...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nahin, Paul J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Temas:
Mathematics > Problems, exercises, etc.
Reasoning.
MATHEMATICS / Recreations & Games.
Almost surely.
Ambiguity.
Antiderivative.
Approximation error.
Arthur C. Clarke.
Binomial coefficient.
Binomial theorem.
Birthday problem.
Calculation.
Cauchy-Schwarz inequality.
Center of mass (relativistic).
Centrifugal force.
Closed-form expression.
Coefficient.
Combination.
Computational problem.
Conjecture.
Continued fraction.
Contradiction.
Coprime integers.
Counterexample.
Crossover distortion.
Cubic function.
Derivative.
Detonation.
Diameter.
Dimensional analysis.
Dirac delta function.
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.
Dissipation.
Energy level.
Enola Gay.
Equation.
Error.
Expected value.
Fermat's Last Theorem.
Fictitious force.
G. H. Hardy.
Geometry.
Googol.
Gravitational constant.
Gravity.
Grayscale.
Harmonic series (mathematics).
Hypotenuse.
Instant.
Integer.
Inverse-square law.
Irrational number.
MATLAB.
Mass ratio.
Mathematical joke.
Mathematical physics.
Mathematical problem.
Mathematician.
Mathematics.
Mean value theorem.
Metric system.
Minicomputer.
Monte Carlo method.
Natural number.
Oliver Heaviside.
Paul J. Nahin.
Pauli exclusion principle.
Periodic function.
Phase transition.
Prime factor.
Prime number.
Probability theory.
Probability.
Projectile.
Pure mathematics.
Quadratic equation.
Quadratic formula.
Quantity.
Quantum mechanics.
Quintic function.
Random number.
Random search.
Random walk.
Remainder.
Resistor.
Richard Feynman.
Right angle.
Second derivative.
Simulation.
Slant range.
Small number.
Special case.
Square root.
Summation.
The Drunkard's Walk.
Theorem.
Thermodynamic equilibrium.
Thought experiment.
Trepidation (astronomy).
Uniform distribution (discrete).
Upper and lower bounds.
Weightlessness.
Zero of a function.
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