When Least Is Best

How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible

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Paul Nahin

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Princeton science library

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A mathematical journey through the most fascinating problems of extremes and how to solve them What 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 conte

Author Biography:

Paul J. Nahin is the author of many popular math books, including How to Fall Slower Than Gravity and Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons (both Princeton). He is professor emeritus of electrical engineering at the University of New Hampshire.

Release date NZ

May 18th, 2021

Author

Paul Nahin

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

99 b/w illus.

Pages

406

Series

Princeton science library

ISBN-13

9780691218762

Product ID

34338825

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