How Round is Your Circle?: Where Engineering and Mathematics Meet

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 s...

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Autores principales: Bryant, John, Sangwin, Chris
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Princeton Univ. Press 2008
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Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1093365
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description 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
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