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Mathematics and the Physical World
by Morris Kline

ISBN: 0486241041
Dover Publications Price: $18.95
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Stimulating account of development of mathematics from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, to calculus, differential equations and non-Euclidean geometries. Also describes how math is used in optics, astronomy, motion under the law of gravitation, acoustics, electromagnetism, other phenomena. 147 illustrations.

Table of Contents for Mathematics and the Physical World
1: THE WHY AND WHEREFORE
2: DISCOVERY AND PROOF
3: THE SCIENCE OF ARITHMETIC
4: THE DEEPER WATERS OF ARITHMETIC
5: "NUMBERS, KNOWN AND UNKNOWN"
6: THE LAWS OF SPACE AND FORMS
7: THE DIMENSIONS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERES
8: THE REVOLUTIONS OF THE HEAVENLY SPHERES
9: THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION
10: THE WEDDING OF CURVE AND EQUATION
11: EXPLANATION VERSUS DESCRIPTION
12: VERTICAL MOTION
13: MOTION ON AN INCLINED PLANE
14: THE MOTION OF PROJECTILES
15: FROM PROJECTILE TO PLANET AND SATELLITE
16: DEDUCTIONS FROM THE LAW OF GRAVITATION
17: MORE LIGHT ON LIGHT
18: THE MATHEMATICS OF OSCILLATORY MOTION
19: OSCILLATIONS OF THE AIR
20: OLD FOES WITH NEW FACES
21: MATHEMATICAL OSCILLATIONS OF THE ETHER
22: THE DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS
23: THE INTEGRAL CALCULUS
24: DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS-THE HEART OF ANALYSIS
25: FROM CALCULUS TO COSMIC PLANNING
26: NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRIES
27: MATHEMATICS AND NATURE
INDEX

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