The Language of Physics: The Calculus and the Development of Theoretical Physics in Europe, 1750-1914 - Couverture rigide

Garber, Elizabeth

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0817640398 ISBN 13 : 9780817640392

Editeur : Birkhauser Boston Inc, 1998

Synopsis

This work is the first explicit examination of the key role that mathematics has played in the development of theoretical physics and will undoubtedly challenge the more conventional accounts of its historical development. Although mathematics has long been regarded as the "language" of physics, the connections between these independent disciplines have been far more complex and intimate than previous narratives have shown. The author convincingly demonstrates that practices, methods, and language shaped the development of the field, and are a key to understanding the mergence of the modern academic discipline. Mathematicians and physicists, as well as historians of both disciplines, will find this provocative work of great interest.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Birkhauser Boston Inc
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0817640398
• ISBN 13: 9780817640392
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 399
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible