The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Fordyce, George Kingdon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1440056552 ISBN 13 : 9781440056550

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover the plain‑spoken guide to how math helps explain the world. This edition presents The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences, a concise, idea‑driven book that makes complex topics feel approachable, starting from sense perception and ending in the logic of physical laws.

The author frames the material as a practical bridge between everyday observation and rigorous science. You’ll follow clear explanations that connect measurements, space, motion, and quantity to real problems in science, with an emphasis on making mathematics a helpful tool rather than a daunting puzzle.

• Accessible introduction to the four mathematical ideas that structure measurement: space, time, quantity, and motion.


• Simple geometric and physical examples that illustrate how curves, coordinates, and figures arise from real questions.


• Foundational discussion of what coordinates mean, how to describe position, and how to read the language of physics.


• Guidance on thinking clearly about problems, using diagrams and concrete reasoning to illuminate abstract ideas.

Ideal for readers who want a compact, thoughtful entry into the logic behind scientific thinking and the language of the exact sciences.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

For information commences with the senses; but the whole business terminates in works. .. .T he chief cause of failure in work (especially after natures have been diligently investigated) is the ill determination and measurement of the forces and actions of bodies. Now the forces and actions of bodies are circumscribed and measured, either by distances of space, or by moments of time, or by concentration of quantity, or by predominance of virtue ;and unless these four things have been well and carefully weighed, we shall have sciences, fair perhaps in theory, but in practice inefficient. The four instances which are useful in this point of view I class under one head as Mathematical Instances and Instances of Measurement A ovum Organum, Lib. ii, A ph. xliv SECOND EDITION LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, CO.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1440056552
• ISBN 13: 9781440056550
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible