02500nam 2200589Ia 450 991080957380332120200520144314.00-88385-941-6(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 Polya; edited by Leon Bowden1st ed.Washington, DC Mathematical Association of America19771 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.530.1/5Polya George440683Bowden Leon58457MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809573803321Mathematical methods in science4192537UNINA