Mrs. Perkins's Electric Quilt : And Other Intriguing Stories of Mathematical Physics

Main description: What does quilting have to do with electric circuit theory? The answer is just one of the fascinating ways that best-selling popular math writer Paul Nahin illustrates the deep interplay of math and physics in the world around us in his latest book of challenging mathematical puzzl...

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Glavni avtor: Nahin, Paul J., 1940-
Format: Livre numérique
Jezik:Anglais
Izdano: Princeton ; N.J : Princeton University Press 2009.
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