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On the shoulders of giants / Malcolm E. Lines.
Math/Physics/Astronomy Library QA93 .L553 1994
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lines, Malcolm E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics--Popular works.
- Mathematics.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Physical Description:
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; :Philadelphia : Institute of Physics Pub., [1994]
- Summary:
- Malcolm Lines sets out to investigate the relationship between the disciplines of physics and mathematics and the facts and coincidences behind scientific progress. With each chapter he demonstrates how mathematics has provided the theoretical understanding which underpins physical experiment.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 075030104X
- 0750301031
- OCLC:
- 30893433
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