02489nam 22005652 450 991080957380332120160420152320.00-88385-941-6(CKB)2560000000081733(EBL)3330396(SSID)ssj0000577687(PQKBManifestationID)11349330(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000577687(PQKBWorkID)10562410(PQKB)10761938(UkCbUP)CR9780883859414(MiAaPQ)EBC3330396(Au-PeEL)EBL3330396(CaPaEBR)ebr10729367(OCoLC)929120300(RPAM)4125476(EXLCZ)99256000000008173320111024d1977|||| uy| 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMathematical methods in science /by George Pólya ; edited by Leon Bowden[electronic resource]Washington :Mathematical Association of America,1977.1 online resource (xi, 234 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library ;26Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).0-88385-626-3 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?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.Anneli Lax New Mathematical LibraryMathematicsScienceMathematicsMathematics.ScienceMathematics.530.1/5Pólya George1887-1985,755227Bowden LeonUkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910809573803321Mathematical methods in science3670061UNINA