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Mrs. Perkins's electric quilt : and other intriguing stories of mathematical physics /
In a series of brief and largely self-contained chapters, Nahin discusses a wide range of topics in which math and physics are mutually dependent and mutually illuminating, from Newtonian gravity and Newton's laws of mechanics to ballistics, air drag, and electricity. The mathematical subjects...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2009.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | In a series of brief and largely self-contained chapters, Nahin discusses a wide range of topics in which math and physics are mutually dependent and mutually illuminating, from Newtonian gravity and Newton's laws of mechanics to ballistics, air drag, and electricity. The mathematical subjects range from algebra, trigonometry, geometry, and calculus to differential equations, Fourier series, and theoretical and Monte Carlo probability. --from publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 391 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400833467 1400833469 |