When Least Is Best : : How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible / / Paul J. Nahin.
A mathematical journey through the most fascinating problems of extremes and how to solve themWhat is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? When Least Is Best combines...
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Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Princeton Science Library ;
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (392 p.) :; 99 b/w illus. |
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