Model and Mathematics: From the 19th to the 21st Century

by Michael Friedman

Book Overview

How to Grasp an Abstraction: Mathematical Models and Their Vicissitudes between 1830 and 1950. Introduction.- Knowing by Drawing: Geometric Material Models in 19th Century France.- Wilhelm Fiedler and his Models-the Polytechnic Side.- Models from the Nineteenth Century Used for Visualizing Optical Phenomena and Line Geometry.- Modeling Parallel Transport.- The great yogurt project: models and symmetry principles in early particle physics.- Interview...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030978354
• ISBN13: 9783030978358
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 445 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"