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Mathematical Methods in Science
 
Mathematical Methods in Science
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-0-88385-941-4
Product Code:  NML/26.E
List Price: $50.00
MAA Member Price: $37.50
AMS Member Price: $37.50
Mathematical Methods in Science
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Mathematical Methods in Science
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-0-88385-941-4
Product Code:  NML/26.E
List Price: $50.00
MAA Member Price: $37.50
AMS Member Price: $37.50
  • Book Details
     
     
    Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library
    Volume: 261977; 234 pp

    Mathematics, taught and learned appropriately, improves the mind and implants good habits of thought. This tenet underlies all of Professor Pólya's works on teaching and problem-solving. The distinctive feature of Mathematical Methods in Science is the stress on the history of certain elementary chapters of science; these can be a source of enjoyment and deeper understanding of mathematics even for beginners who have little, or perhaps no, knowledge of physics.

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • Chapter 1. From the History of Astronomy: Measurement and Successive Approximation
    • Chapter 2. From the History of Statics
    • Chapter 3. From the History of Dynamics
    • Chapter 4. Physical Reasoning in Mathematics
    • Chapter 5. Differential Equations and Their Use in Science
  • Reviews
     
     
    • The book is organized into four content-rich chapters separated by one single-page chapter marking what Pólya terms the “tidal flow” between mathematics and physics. ... It is not an easy read—the reader has to do the mathematics along with Pólya—but his explanations are clear and his dry wit lightens the work along the way. Topics are arranged historically and one follows developments with a sense of a time traveler watching the concepts as they unfold. The volume will appeal to a broad audience. ... the close link between physics and mathematics makes this text a tool that can be used by teachers in either discipline.

      Katherine Safford-Ramus, MAA Reviews
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Volume: 261977; 234 pp

Mathematics, taught and learned appropriately, improves the mind and implants good habits of thought. This tenet underlies all of Professor Pólya's works on teaching and problem-solving. The distinctive feature of Mathematical Methods in Science is the stress on the history of certain elementary chapters of science; these can be a source of enjoyment and deeper understanding of mathematics even for beginners who have little, or perhaps no, knowledge of physics.

  • Chapters
  • Chapter 1. From the History of Astronomy: Measurement and Successive Approximation
  • Chapter 2. From the History of Statics
  • Chapter 3. From the History of Dynamics
  • Chapter 4. Physical Reasoning in Mathematics
  • Chapter 5. Differential Equations and Their Use in Science
  • The book is organized into four content-rich chapters separated by one single-page chapter marking what Pólya terms the “tidal flow” between mathematics and physics. ... It is not an easy read—the reader has to do the mathematics along with Pólya—but his explanations are clear and his dry wit lightens the work along the way. Topics are arranged historically and one follows developments with a sense of a time traveler watching the concepts as they unfold. The volume will appeal to a broad audience. ... the close link between physics and mathematics makes this text a tool that can be used by teachers in either discipline.

    Katherine Safford-Ramus, MAA Reviews
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