On the Shoulders of Giants
By: Lines M E.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis; CRC Press LLC
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781351427074
Subjects: Mathematics; Popular works; Mathématiques; Ouvrages de vulgarisation
Description: "On the Shoulders of Giants investigates the relationship between the disciplines of physics and mathematics and shows how many of the most significant advances of 20th-century physics rely on mathematics developed, sometimes much earlier, with no particular physics application in mind. Quoting from mathematicians such as Poincaré and Euclid and physicists such as Newton and Feynman, the links between the two disciplines are explored in the author's entertaining style, providing a fascinating account of the twists and turns in scientific progress through the ages."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Introduction  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 2 From Aristotle to the Structure of Glass  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 3 From Euclid to General Relativity  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 4 From Plucking Strings to Electrons in Solids  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 5 The Perception of Number: from Integers to Quaternions  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 6 From Tiling Floors to Quasicrystals  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 7 Determinism: from Newton to Quantum Chaos  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 8 Symmetry: from Galois to Superstrings  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 9 From Coin Tossing to Entropy  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 10 Topology: from the Bridges of Königsberg to Polymers  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 11 From Parabolas to Fractons  -- Malcolm E. Lines; title: chapter 12 Motion: from Zeno to Schrödinger -- Malcolm E. Lines.