The World of Mathematics, Volumen 2Courier Corporation, 1 ene 2000 - 720 páginas Vol. 2 of a monumental 4-volume set covers mathematics and the physical world, mathematics and social science, and the laws of chance, with non-technical essays by and about scores of eminent mathematicians, economists, scientists, and others. Individual articles on "Mathematics of Motion," by Galileo Galilei; "Mathematics of Heredity," by Gregor Mendel; "Mathematics of Population and Food," by Thomas Robert Malthus, and many more. Informative commentary by noted mathematics scholar James R. Newman precedes each essay. Numerous figures. |
Índice
Mathematics and the Physical | 726 |
Mathematics and the Physical World | 728 |
Mathematics of Motion by GALILEO GALILEI | 734 |
Commentary | 771 |
Kinetic Theory of Gases by DANIEL BERNOULLI | 774 |
The Longitude by LLOYD A BROWN | 780 |
Commentary | 820 |
John Couch Adams and the Discovery of Neptune by SIR HAROLD SPENCER JONES | 833 |
Heredity and the Quantum Theory by ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER | 975 |
Commentary | 996 |
On Magnitude by DARCY WENTWORTH THOMPSON | 1001 |
The Uncertainty Principle by WERNER HEISENBERG | 1051 |
Causality and Wave Mechanics by ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER | 1056 |
Commentary | 1069 |
The Constants of Nature by SIR ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON | 1074 |
The New Law of Gravitation and the Old Law | 1094 |
Commentary | 840 |
Atomic Numbers by H G J MOSELEY | 842 |
The Röntgen Rays by SIR WILLIAM BRAGG | 854 |
Crystals and the Future of Physics | 871 |
What Is Calculus of Variations and What Are Its Applica tions? by KARL MENGER | 886 |
The Soapbubble by C VERNON BOYS | 891 |
Plateaus Problem | 901 |
Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements | 913 |
Mendeléeff by BERNARD JAFFE | 919 |
Commentary | 932 |
Mathematics of Heredity by GREGOR MENDEL | 937 |
Commentary | 950 |
On Being the Right Size by J B S HALDANE | 952 |
Mathematics of Natural Selection by J B S HALDANE | 958 |
Commentary | 973 |
The Theory of Relativity by CLEMENT V DURELL | 1107 |
Mathematics and Social Science | 1145 |
Classification of Men According to Their Natural Gifts | 1173 |
Commentary | 1189 |
Theory of Political Economy | 1217 |
Sociology Learns the Language of Mathematics | 1294 |
The Laws of Chance | 1315 |
Concerning Probability by PIERRE SIMON DE LAPLACE | 1325 |
The Red and the Black by CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE | 1334 |
The Probability of Induction by CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE | 1341 |
The Application of Probability to Conduct | 1360 |
Chance by HENRI POINCARÉ | 1380 |
Commentary | 1395 |
INDEX follows page | 1414 |
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