On the shoulders of giants Malcolm E. Lines
Publisher: Bristol ; Institute of Physics Pub., c1994.
ISBN: 0750301031
DDC: 530.15
LCC: QA93
Edition: (pbk.) :$30.00
Notes:
Includes index.
From Aristotle to the structure of glass -- From Euclid to general
relativity -- From plucking strings to electrons in solids -- The
perception of number: from integers to quaternions -- From tiling
floors to quasicrystals -- Determinism: from Newton to quantum chaos
-- Symmetry: from Galois to superstrings -- From coin tossing to
entropy -- Topology: from the bridges of Königsberg to polymers --
From parabolas to fractons -- Motion: from Zeno to Schrödinger.
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