Mathematics and the Physical World by Morris Kline
English | 1981-03-01 | ISBN: 0486241041 | 496 pages | DJVU | 3,7 MB
English | 1981-03-01 | ISBN: 0486241041 | 496 pages | DJVU | 3,7 MB
Stimulating account of development of basic mathematics from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, to calculus, differential equations and non-Euclidean geometries. Also describes how math is used in optics, astronomy, motion under the law of gravitation, acoustics, electromagnetism, other phenomena.