1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777617803321

Autore

Hudlicky Milos <1919->

Titolo

Fluorine chemistry for organic chemists [[electronic resource] ] : problems and solutions / / Miloš Hudlický

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-19-756147-0

1-280-53062-6

9786610530625

0-19-803014-2

1-4294-0173-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (145 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

547/.02

Soggetti

Organofluorine compounds

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2000.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-117) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Part I. Problems; Part II. Solutions; REFERENCES; AUTHOR INDEX; SUBJECT INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book contains 105 examples of the unpredictable properties of fluorine and its compounds.  The reactions are given as problems in the first part of the book.  In the second, solutions are offered and mechanisms of the reactions are discussed.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778441203321

Autore

Steiner Mark

Titolo

The applicability of mathematics as a philosophical problem [[electronic resource] /] / Mark Steiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 1998

ISBN

0-674-04398-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii,215p. ) : ill

Classificazione

CC 3500

Disciplina

530.15

Soggetti

Mathematical physics

Mathematics - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-209) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Semantic Applicability of Mathematics: Frege's Achievements -- 2. The Descriptive Applicability of Mathematics -- 3. Mathematics, Analogies, and Discovery in Physics -- 4. Pythagorean Analogies in Physics -- 5. Formalisms and Formalist Reasoning in Quantum Mechanics -- 6. Formalist Reasoning: The Mystery of Quantization -- Appendix A. A "Nonphysical" Derivation of Quantum Mechanics -- Appendix B. Nucleon-Pion Scattering -- Appendix C. Nonrelativistic Schroedinger Equation with Spin -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This text analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a novel thesis - the success of mathematical physics appears to assign the human mind a special place in the cosmos.