Mathematical Methods in Science

Mathematical Methods in Science
ISBN-10
0883856263
ISBN-13
9780883856260
Category
Mathematics
Pages
234
Language
English
Published
1977
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Author
George Pólya

Description

'Mathematics, taught and learned appropriately, improves the mind and implants good habits of thought.' This tenet underlies all of Professor Pólya's works on teaching and problem-solving. This book captures some of Pólya's excitement and vision. In it he provides enlightenment for all those who have ever wondered how the laws of nature were worked out mathematically. The distinctive feature of the present book is the stress on the history of certain elementary chapters of science; these can be a source of enjoyment and deeper understanding of mathematics even for beginners who have little, or perhaps no, knowledge of physics.

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