How Round Is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet - Couverture rigide

Bryant, John; Sangwin, Chris

 
9780691131184: How Round Is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 069113118X ISBN 13 : 9780691131184
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2008

Synopsis

How do you draw a straight line? How do you determine if a circle is really round? These may sound like simple or even trivial mathematical problems, but to an engineer the answers can mean the difference between success and failure. "How Round Is Your Circle?" invites readers to explore many of the same fundamental questions that working engineers deal with every day - it's challenging, hands-on, and fun. John Bryant and Chris Sangwin illustrate how physical models are created from abstract mathematical ones. Using elementary geometry and trigonometry, they guide readers through paper-and-pencil reconstructions of mathematical problems and show them how to construct actual physical models themselves - directions included.It's an effective and entertaining way to explain how applied mathematics and engineering work together to solve problems, everything from keeping a piston aligned in its cylinder to ensuring that automotive driveshafts rotate smoothly. Intriguingly, checking the roundness of a manufactured object is trickier than one might think. When does the width of a saw blade affect an engineer's calculations - or, for that matter, the width of a physical line - When does a measurement need to be exact and when will an approximation suffice? Bryant and Sangwin tackle questions like these and enliven their discussions with many fascinating highlights from engineering history. Generously illustrated, "How Round Is Your Circle?" reveals some of the hidden complexities in everyday things.

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À propos de l'auteur

John Bryant is a retired chemical engineer. He was lecturer in engineering at the University of Exeter until 1994. Chris Sangwin is lecturer in mathematics at the University of Birmingham. He is the coauthor of "Mathematics Galore!"

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
069113118X
ISBN 13 
9780691131184
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2011
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