Title:
Great calculations : a surprising look behind 50 scientific inquiries / Colin Pask.
Author:
Pask, Colin, 1943-
Publication Information:
Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
Call Number:
QA99 .P385 2015
ISBN:
9781633880283
Physical Description:
414 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents:
Introduction -- Ancient mathematics -- Steps into modern mathematics -- Our world -- The solar system: the first mathematical models -- The solar system: into the modern era -- The universe -- About us -- Light -- Building blocks -- Nuclear and particle physics -- Methods and motion -- Evaluation.
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