Einstein's heroes : imagining the world through the language of mathematics
Blending science, history and biography, 'Einstein's Heroes' takes the reader on a journey of discovery about the phenomenon of mathematics - humanity's universal language and one of our most amazing accomplishments
Print Book, English, 2004
Icon ; Distributed in the UK by Frating Distribution Centre, Cambridge, UK, Colchester, UK, 2004
Biography
323 páginas : ilustraciones ; 21 cm
9781840466102, 9780195183702, 9780195308907, 1840466103, 0195183703, 0195308905
1396182984
A seamless intertwining
A reluctant revolutionary
Beetles, strings and sealing wax
The nature of physics
The language of physics
Why Newton held the world in thrall
Rites of passage
A fledgling physicist
Electromagnetic controversy
Mathematics as language
The magical synthesis of algebra an geometry
Maxwell's mathematical language
Maxwell's rainbow
Imagining the world with the language of mathematics: a revolution in physics
Originally published: St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland, 2003