Morris Kline

Mathematics and the Physical World

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Stimulating account of development of mathematics from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, to calculus, differential equations, and non-Euclidean geometries. Also describes how math is used in optics, astronomy, and other phenomena.

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Produktdetails

• Dover Books on Mathema 1.4tics
• Verlag: Dover Publications Inc.
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 209mm x 142mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9780486241043
• ISBN-10: 0486241041
• Artikelnr.: 21192358

Inhaltsangabe

1: THE WHY AND WHEREFORE 2: DISCOVERY AND PROOF 3: THE SCIENCE OF
ARITHMETIC 4: THE DEEPER WATERS OF ARITHMETIC 5: "NUMBERS, KNOWN AND
UNKNOWN" 6: THE LAWS OF SPACE AND FORMS 7: THE DIMENSIONS OF THE HEAVENLY
SPHERES 8: THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERES 9: THE SCIENTIFIC
REVOLUTION 10: THE WEDDING OF CURVE AND EQUATION 11: EXPLANATION VERSUS
DESCRIPTION 12: VERTICAL MOTION 13: MOTION ON AN INCLINED PLANE 14: THE
MOTION OF PROJECTILES 15: FROM PROJECTILE TO PLANET AND SATELLITE 16:
DEDUCTIONS FROM THE LAW OF GRAVITATION 17: MORE LIGHT ON LIGHT 18: THE
MATHEMATICS OF OSCILLATORY MOTION 19: OSCILLATIONS OF THE AIR 20: OLD FOES
WITH NEW FACES 21: MATHEMATICAL OSCILLATIONS OF THE ETHER 22: THE
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS 23: THE INTEGRAL CALCULUS 24: DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS-THE HEART OF ANALYSIS 25: FROM CALCULUS TO COSMIC PLANNING 26:
NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES 27: MATHEMATICS AND NATURE INDEX