Great calculations : a surprising look behind 50 scientific inquiries /
Pask, Colin, 1943-
Great calculations : a surprising look behind 50 scientific inquiries / Colin Pask. - 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-406) and indexes.
Introduction -- Ancient mathematics -- Steps into modern mathematics -- Our world -- The solar system: the first mathematical models -- The solar system: into the modern era -- The universe -- About us -- Light -- Building blocks -- Nuclear and particle physics -- Methods and motion -- Evaluation.
9781633880283 (pbk.) 1633880281 (pbk.)
2015001967
Mathematics--Miscellanea.
Great calculations : a surprising look behind 50 scientific inquiries / Colin Pask. - 414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-406) and indexes.
Introduction -- Ancient mathematics -- Steps into modern mathematics -- Our world -- The solar system: the first mathematical models -- The solar system: into the modern era -- The universe -- About us -- Light -- Building blocks -- Nuclear and particle physics -- Methods and motion -- Evaluation.
9781633880283 (pbk.) 1633880281 (pbk.)
2015001967
Mathematics--Miscellanea.