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Morino, Luigi.

Mathematics and mechanicsthe interplay.Volume I,The basics /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Mathematics and mechanicsby Luigi Morino.
Reminder of title:	the interplay.
remainder title:	Basics
Author:	Morino, Luigi.
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg :2021.
Description:	xxxvi, 1019 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Mathematics.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63207-9
ISBN:	9783662632079$q(electronic bk.)

Mathematics and mechanicsthe interplay.Volume I,The basics /
Morino, Luigi.

Mathematics and mechanicsthe interplay.Volume I,The basics /[electronic resource] :Basicsby Luigi Morino. - Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg :2021. - xxxvi, 1019 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

Part I The beginning - Precalculus -- Part II Calculus and dynamics of a particle in one dimension -- Part III Multivariate calculus and mechanics in three dimensions.

Mathematics plays an important role in mechanics and other human endeavours. Validating examples in this first volume include, for instance: the connection between the golden ratio (the "divine proportion" used by Phidias and many other artists and enshrined in Leonardo's Vitruvian Man, shown on the front cover), and the Fibonacci spiral (observable in botany, e.g., in the placement of sunflower seeds); is the coast of Tuscany infinitely long?; the equal-time free fall of a feather and a lead ball in a vacuum; a simple diagnostic for changing your car's shocks; the Kepler laws of the planets; the dynamics of the Sun-Earth-Moon system; the tides' mechanism; the laws of friction and a wheel rolling down a partially icy slope; and many more. The style is colloquial. The emphasis is on intuition - lengthy but intuitive proofs are preferred to simple non-intuitive ones. The mathematical/mechanical sophistication gradually increases, making the volume widely accessible. Intuition is not at the expense of rigor. Except for grammar-school material, every statement that is later used is rigorously proven. Guidelines that facilitate the reading of the book are presented. The interplay between mathematics and mechanics is presented within a historical context, to show that often mechanics stimulated mathematical developments - Newton comes to mind. Sometimes mathematics was introduced independently of its mechanics applications, such as the absolute calculus for Einstein's general theory of relativity. Bio-sketches of all the scientists encountered are included and show that many of them dealt with both mathematics and mechanics.

ISBN: 9783662632079$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-662-63207-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

184409
Mathematics.

LC Class. No.: QA805

Dewey Class. No.: 515.39

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