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

by Elizabeth Garber

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461272726
• ISBN13: 9781461272724
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"