Mathematics and the laws of nature : developing the language of science, John Tabak

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Mathematics and the laws of nature : developing the language of science, John Tabak

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• https://openlibrary.org/books/OL11359749M
• http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003016961.html
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Title remainder

developing the language of science

Statement of responsibility

John Tabak

Instantiates

• Mathematics and the laws of nature : developing the language of science

Publication

• New York, Facts on File, ©2004

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index

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Contents

• 6
• 174
• The Astronomical Calculations
• 9
• The Tablets
• 12
• 2
• Mathematics and Science in Ancient Greece
• 15
• Ratios and the Measure of the Universe
• 15
• Introduction: Natural Laws
• A Geometry of the Universe
• 22
• A Rotating Earth
• 27
• Archimedes: Fusing Physics with Mathematics
• 28
• The Law of the Lever
• 32
• Archimedes' Measurement of a Circle
• 34
• xi
• The Siege of Syracuse
• 34
• 3
• A Period of Transition
• 40
• Nicholas Oresme
• 41
• Nicolaus Copernicus
• 46
• Johannes Kepler
• 1
• 51
• Platonic Solids
• 57
• Leonardo da Vinci and the Equation of Continuity
• 59
• Proving Leonardo's Equation of Continuity
• 64
• 4
• New Sciences
• 66
• Nature as Geometry
• Simon Stevin
• 68
• Stevin and Music
• 72
• Galileo Galilei
• 75
• Fermat, Descartes, and Wallis
• 80
• 5
• Mathematics and the Law of Conservation of Momentum
• 1
• 88
• The Laws of Motion
• 93
• The Discovery of Neptune
• 98
• 6
• Mathematics and the Law of Conservation of Mass
• 103
• Leonhard Euler and the Science of Fluid Dynamics
• 107
• The Ancient Sky
• The Mathematics of Combustion
• 109
• 7
• Mathematics and the Laws of Thermodynamics
• 112
• Sadi Carnot
• 118
• Calculating the Efficiency of a Carnot Engine
• 124
• James Prescott Joule
• 2
• 126
• The First Law of Thermodynamics
• 128
• The Second Law of Thermodynamics
• 133
• Entropy
• 139
• 8
• Modern Ideas about Conservation Laws
• 142
• Recording the Stars to Predict the Future
• Olga Oleinik
• 147
• 9
• Natural Laws and Randomness
• 153
• Population Genetics
• 161
• The Limits of Predictability
• 169
• Genetic Counseling

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1 online resource (xiii, 221 pages

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illustrations)

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mathematicslawso00john

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(OCoLC)1036719456