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When least is best: how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible
What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? What will rainbows look like in the future? Why do soap bubbles have a shape that gives them the least area? By combining...
Autor principal: | Nahin, Paul J |
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Lenguaje: | eng |
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Princeton Univ. Press
2003
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Acceso en línea: | http://cds.cern.ch/record/1140517 |
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