Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt - and Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics

Summary

What does quilting have to do with electric circuit theory? This book presents an exploration of some of the many ways that math and physics combine to create something vastly more powerful, useful, and interesting than either is by itself.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Nahin, Paul J. Nahin, Nahin Paul J.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.09.2009
• EAN: 9780691135403
• ISBN: 978-0-691-13540-3
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 166 mm x 242 mm x 33 mm
• Weight: 822 g
• Illustrations: 84 line illus.
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; popular science, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, Mathematical physics, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics