Trick or Truth? The Mysterious Connection Between Physics and Mathematics /
The prize-winning essays in this book address the fascinating but sometimes uncomfortable relationship between physics and mathematics. Is mathematics merely another natural science? Or is it the result of human creativity? Does physics simply wear mathematics like a costume, or is math the lifebloo...
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| Άλλοι συγγραφείς: | , , |
| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2016.
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| Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2016. |
| Σειρά: | The Frontiers Collection,
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Introduction
- Children of the cosmos (S. Wenmackers)
- Mathematics is Physics (M. S. Leifer)
- My god, it's full of clones: Living in a mathematical universe (M. Séguin)
- Let's consider two spherical chickens (T. Bolognesi)
- The raven and the writing desk (I. Durham)
- The deeper roles of mathematics in physical laws (K. H. Knuth)
- How mathematics meets the world (T. Maudlin)
- Mathematics: intuition's consistency check (K. Wharton)
- How not to factor a miracle (D. K. Wise)
- The language of nature (D. Garfinkle)
- Demystifying the applicability of mathematics (N. Fillion)
- Why mathematics works so well (N. S. Yanofsky)
- Genesis of a pythagorean universe (A. Burov)
- Beyond math (S. Magnusdottir)
- The descent of math (S. I. Walker)
- The ultimate tactics of self-referential systems (C. C. Dantas)
- Cognitive science and the connection between physics and mathematics (A. Gupta Mujumdar)
- A metaphorical chart of our mathematical ontology (P. Gibbs).-And the math will set you free (C. Stoica)
- Appendix: List of winners.
