On the Shoulders of Giants

On the Shoulders of Giants
ISBN-10
1351427067
ISBN-13
9781351427067
Series
On the Shoulders of Giants
Category
Science
Pages
299
Language
English
Published
2017-11-22
Publisher
Routledge
Author
Lines M E

Description

On the Shoulders of Giants investigates the relationship between the disciplines of physics and mathematics and shows how many of the most significant advances of 20th-century physics rely on mathematics developed, sometimes much earlier, with no particular physics application in mind. Quoting from mathematicians such as Poincaré and Euclid and physicists such as Newton and Feynman, the links between the two disciplines are explored in the author's entertaining style, providing a fascinating account of the twists and turns in scientific progress through the ages.

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