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The Role of Mathematics in Science
 
The Role of Mathematics in Science
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-0-88385-945-2
Product Code:  NML/30.E
List Price: $50.00
MAA Member Price: $37.50
AMS Member Price: $37.50
The Role of Mathematics in Science
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The Role of Mathematics in Science
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-0-88385-945-2
Product Code:  NML/30.E
List Price: $50.00
MAA Member Price: $37.50
AMS Member Price: $37.50
  • Book Details
     
     
    Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library
    Volume: 301984; 207 pp

    The Role of Mathematics in Science aims to illustrate the many ways in which mathematical methods have helped discovery in science. It is aimed at a group of readers who are interested in mathematics beyond the level of high school. The authors occasionally use some calculus and more intricate arguments. The book should appeal to college students and general readers with some background in mathematics. The authors state that “If we succeed in giving an impression of the beauty and power of mathematical reasoning in science, the purpose of our work will have been achieved.”

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • Chapter 1. The Beginnings of Mechanics
    • Chapter 2. Growth Functions
    • Chapter 3. The Role of Mathematics in Optics
    • Chapter 4. Mathematics with Matrices–Transformations
    • Chapter 5. What is Time? Einstein’s Transformation Problem
    • Chapter 6. Relativistic Addition of Velocities
    • Chapter 7. Energy
    • Epilogue
  • Additional Material
     
     
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Volume: 301984; 207 pp

The Role of Mathematics in Science aims to illustrate the many ways in which mathematical methods have helped discovery in science. It is aimed at a group of readers who are interested in mathematics beyond the level of high school. The authors occasionally use some calculus and more intricate arguments. The book should appeal to college students and general readers with some background in mathematics. The authors state that “If we succeed in giving an impression of the beauty and power of mathematical reasoning in science, the purpose of our work will have been achieved.”

  • Chapters
  • Chapter 1. The Beginnings of Mechanics
  • Chapter 2. Growth Functions
  • Chapter 3. The Role of Mathematics in Optics
  • Chapter 4. Mathematics with Matrices–Transformations
  • Chapter 5. What is Time? Einstein’s Transformation Problem
  • Chapter 6. Relativistic Addition of Velocities
  • Chapter 7. Energy
  • Epilogue
Review Copy – for publishers of book reviews
Accessibility – to request an alternate format of an AMS title
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