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On the Shoulders of Giants

Paperback • 1994 • English • 1. edition

On the Shoulders of Giants

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About the book

Mathematics is the only science with a methodology based upon deductive logic, whereas physics is a quantitative science based upon experiment and observation in which trial and error are inherent. Physics uses the most relevant mathematics, for example using group theory to explain the theoretical basis for the crystalline structure of solids, an illustration of how, time and time again, a mathematical theorem perhaps developed by a Greek philosopher is relevant to today's newly developed physi...Show more

Number theory
Probability and statistics
Applied physics

Book details

ISBN

9780750301039

Publisher

CRC Press

Published year

1994

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

On the Shoulders of Giants

Format

Paperback

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