Approximating Perfection : : A Mathematician's Journey into the World of Mechanics / / Michael J. Cloud, Leonid P. Lebedev.
This is a book for those who enjoy thinking about how and why Nature can be described using mathematical tools. Approximating Perfection considers the background behind mechanics as well as the mathematical ideas that play key roles in mechanical applications. Concentrating on the models of applied...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 p.) :; 35 line illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Tools Of Calculus
- 2. The Mechanics Of Continua
- 3. Elements Of The Strength Of Materials
- 4. Some Questions Of Modeling In The Natural Sciences
- Afterword
- Recommended Reading
- Index