The role of mathematics in science
by M. M. Schiffer.
Washington, D.C. : Mathematical Association of America, ©1984.
xi, 207 págs. : ilustraciones ; 23 cm.
Serie: New mathematical library ; 30
ISBN: 0883856301
Reseña: MathSciNet, 85h:00002
Contenido
- 1. The beginnings of mechanics
- 2. Growth functions
- 3. The role of mathematics in optics
- 4. Mathematics with matrices--transformations
- 5. What is time? Einstein's transformation problem
- 6. Relativistic addition of velocities
- 7. Energy.