1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00195217

Autore

BANK, Alisa V.

Titolo

Prikladnoe iskusstvo Vizantii 9.-12. vv. : očerki / A. V. Bank

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Moskva, : Nauka, 1978

Descrizione fisica

203 p. : tav. fuori testo ; 20 cm.

Soggetti

BISANZIO - Arti decorative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Russo

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910963727903321

Autore

Polya George

Titolo

Mathematical methods in science / / by George Polya; edited by Leon Bowden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Mathematical Association of America, 1977

ISBN

0-88385-941-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

BowdenLeon

Disciplina

530.1/5

Soggetti

Mathematics

Science - Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

1. From the history of astronomy: measurement and successive approximation. -- Measurement ; Astronomical measurements ; Successive approximation ; Newton's method of successive approximation -- 2. From the history of statics. -- Stevinus and Archimedes ; Vectors -- 3. From the history of dynamics. -- Galileo ; Newton ; The pendulum ; Escape velocity -- 4. Physical reasoning in mathematics. -- 5. Differential equations and their use in science. --



First examples ; Approximate formulae: power series ; Physical analogy ; What is a differential equation?

Sommario/riassunto

If you have ever wondered how the laws of nature were worked out mathematically, this is the book for you. Above all, it captures some of Pólya's excitement and vision.