Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait

Klappentext Originally published in 1911, this book contains a collection of the scientific papers of the Scottish mathematical physicist Peter Guthrie Tait. Zusammenfassung Originally published in 1911! this book contains a collection of many of the scientific papers of the Scottish mathematical physicist Peter Guthrie Tait. The work begins with a brief biography of Tait! and the papers included cover some of Tait's most famous research interests! including knot theory and the physics of golf. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Memoir - Peter Guthrie Tait; 2. Experimental work; 3. Mathematical work; 4. Quaternions; 5. Thomson and Tait, 'Tand T', or Thomson and Tait's natural philosophy; 6. Other books; 7. Addresses, reviews, and correspondence; 8. Popular scientific articles; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Cargill Gilston Knott
• Assisted by: Cargill Gilston Knott (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107494923
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49492-3
• No. of pages: 398
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, History of Science, Mathematical physics