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The Mathematical Mechanic : Using Physical Reasoning to Solve Problems /

Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics--imagine where we'd be today if Einstein and Newton didn't have the math to back up their ideas. But how many people realize that physics can be used to produce many astonishing and strikingly elegant solutions in mathematics? Ma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Levi, Mark, 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Everybody knows that mathematics is indispensable to physics--imagine where we'd be today if Einstein and Newton didn't have the math to back up their ideas. But how many people realize that physics can be used to produce many astonishing and strikingly elegant solutions in mathematics? Mark Levi shows how in this delightful book, treating readers to a host of entertaining problems and mind-bending puzzlers that will amuse and inspire their inner physicist. Levi turns math and physics upside down, revealing how physics can simplify proofs and lead to quicker solutions and new theorems, and how.
Physical Description:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781400830473