Perfect Form : : Variational Principles, Methods, and Applications in Elementary Physics / / Don S. Lemons.
What does the path taken by a ray of light share with the trajectory of a thrown baseball and the curve of a wheat stalk bending in the breeze? Each is the subject of a different study yet all are optimal shapes; light rays minimize travel time while a thrown baseball minimizes action. All natural c...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (136 p.) :; 39 line illus. |
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