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Hesiod’s Anvil: Falling and Spinning through Heaven and Earth
 
Andrew J. Simoson
Hesiod's Anvil
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5725-9
Product Code:  DOL/30.E
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Hesiod’s Anvil: Falling and Spinning through Heaven and Earth
Andrew J. Simoson
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5725-9
Product Code:  DOL/30.E
List Price: $60.00
MAA Member Price: $45.00
AMS Member Price: $45.00
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  • Book Details
     
     
    Dolciani Mathematical Expositions
    Volume: 30; 2007; 220 pp

    This book is about models of motion as enunciated by poets, philosophers, story-tellers, and early scientists. By using popular literature and philosophy to bring the mechanics of motion alive, blending with equal voice both romantic whimsy and derived equations.
  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Articles
    • preamble i
    • Hesiod’s Muses
    • preamble ii
    • The Gravity of Hades
    • preamble iii
    • Ballistics
    • preamble iv
    • Heavenly Motion
    • preamble v
    • Pendulum Variations
    • preamble vi
    • Retrieving H. G. Wells from the Ocean Floor
    • preamble vii
    • Sliding along a Chord Through a Rotating Earth
    • preamble viii
    • Falling Through a Rotating Earth
    • preamble ix
    • Shadow Lands
    • preamble x
    • The Trochoid Family
    • preamble xi
    • Retrieving H. G. Wells from the Moon
    • preamble xii
    • Playing Ball in a Space Station
    • preamble xiii
    • The Rotating Beacon
    • preamble xiv
    • The Long Count
    • preamble xv
    • Hesiod’s Anvil
  • Reviews
     
     

    • A unique book, written in a light-hearted but intellectually very strong manner...I have not seen anything like it before....This is a pretty darn good book. I just wish I had thought of it myself about ten years ago. To be honest, though, I'm pretty sure I would not have done nearly as nice a job.
      Paul Nahin, SIAM News
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Dolciani Mathematical Expositions
Volume: 30; 2007; 220 pp

This book is about models of motion as enunciated by poets, philosophers, story-tellers, and early scientists. By using popular literature and philosophy to bring the mechanics of motion alive, blending with equal voice both romantic whimsy and derived equations.
  • Articles
  • preamble i
  • Hesiod’s Muses
  • preamble ii
  • The Gravity of Hades
  • preamble iii
  • Ballistics
  • preamble iv
  • Heavenly Motion
  • preamble v
  • Pendulum Variations
  • preamble vi
  • Retrieving H. G. Wells from the Ocean Floor
  • preamble vii
  • Sliding along a Chord Through a Rotating Earth
  • preamble viii
  • Falling Through a Rotating Earth
  • preamble ix
  • Shadow Lands
  • preamble x
  • The Trochoid Family
  • preamble xi
  • Retrieving H. G. Wells from the Moon
  • preamble xii
  • Playing Ball in a Space Station
  • preamble xiii
  • The Rotating Beacon
  • preamble xiv
  • The Long Count
  • preamble xv
  • Hesiod’s Anvil

  • A unique book, written in a light-hearted but intellectually very strong manner...I have not seen anything like it before....This is a pretty darn good book. I just wish I had thought of it myself about ten years ago. To be honest, though, I'm pretty sure I would not have done nearly as nice a job.
    Paul Nahin, SIAM News
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