Paul Nahin When Least Is Best (Paperback) Princeton Science Library

Description: Further DetailsTitle: When Least Is BestCondition: NewEAN: 9780691218762ISBN: 9780691218762Publisher: Princeton University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 05/18/2021Item Height: 216mmItem Length: 140mmLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as PossibleISBN-10: 0691218765Description: A mathematical journey through the most fascinating problems of extremes and how to solve themWhat is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? When Least Is Best combines the mathematical history of extrema with contemporary examples to answer these intriguing questions and more. Paul Nahin shows how life often works at the extremes—with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible—and he considers how mathematicians over the centuries, including Descartes, Fermat, and Kepler, have grappled with these problems of minima and maxima. Throughout, Nahin examines entertaining conundrums, such as how to build the shortest bridge possible between two towns, how to vary speed during a race, and how to make the perfect basketball shot. Moving from medieval writings and modern calculus to the field of optimization, the engaging and witty explorations of When Least Is Best will delight math enthusiasts everywhere.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Science Nature & MathBook Series: Princeton Science LibraryAuthor: Paul NahinRelease Year: 2021 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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Book Title: When Least Is Best

Title: When Least Is Best

EAN: 9780691218762

ISBN: 9780691218762

Release Date: 05/18/2021

Release Year: 2021

Subtitle: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as

ISBN-10: 0691218765

Country/Region of Manufacture: US

Genre: Science Nature & Math

Number of Pages: 406 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: When Least Is Best : How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small (or As Large) As Possible

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Publication Year: 2021

Item Height: 0.9 in

Subject: History & Philosophy, General

Item Weight: 17.6 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Mathematics

Item Length: 8.5 in

Author: Paul Nahin

Series: Princeton Science Library

Item Width: 5.5 in

Format: Trade Paperback