Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt : And Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics
Paul J. Nahin
Bok Engelsk 2009 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Princeton : : Princeton University Press, , 2009.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (424 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt and Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics; Contents; For the Reader; Preface; 1 Three Examples of the Mutual Embrace; 2 Measuring Gravity; 3 Feynman's Infinite Circuit; 4 Air Drag-A Mathematical View; 5 Air Drag-A Physical View; 6 Really Long Falls; 7 The Zeta Function-and Physics; 8 Ballistics-With No Air Drag (Yet); 9 Ballistics-With Air Drag; 10 Gravity and Newton; 11 Gravity Far Above the Earth; 12 Gravity Inside the Earth; 13 Quilts & Electricity; 14 Random Walks; 15 Two More Random Walks; 16 Nearest Neighbors; 17 One Last Random Walk. - 18 The Big NoiseSOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGE PROBLEMS; SPECIAL BONUS DISCUSSION; 19 Electricity in the Fourth Dimension; Acknowledgments; Index. - What does quilting have to do with electric circuit theory? The answer is just one of the fascinating ways that best-selling popular math writer Paul Nahin illustrates the deep interplay of math and physics in the world around us in his latest book of challenging mathematical puzzles, Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt. With his trademark combination of intriguing mathematical problems and the historical anecdotes surrounding them, Nahin invites readers on an exciting and informative exploration of some of the many ways math and physics combine to create something vastly more powerful, us
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| ISBN | 9780691135403
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