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Approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics
This is a book for those who enjoy thinking about how and why Nature can be described using mathematical tools. Approximating Perfection considers the background behind mechanics as well as the mathematical ideas that play key roles in mechanical applications. Concentrating on the models...
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Princeton University Press
2004
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| author | Lebedev, Leonid P Cloud, Michael J |
| author_facet | Lebedev, Leonid P Cloud, Michael J |
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| description | This is a book for those who enjoy thinking about how and why Nature can be described using mathematical tools. Approximating Perfection considers the background behind mechanics as well as the mathematical ideas that play key roles in mechanical applications. Concentrating on the models of applied mechanics, the book engages the reader in the types of nuts-and-bolts considerations that are normally avoided in formal engineering courses: how and why models remain imperfect, and the factors that motivated their development. The opening chapter reviews and reconsiders the basics of c |
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| spelling | cern-20428962021-04-21T20:07:09Zhttp://cds.cern.ch/record/2042896engLebedev, Leonid PCloud, Michael JApproximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanicsGeneral Theoretical PhysicsThis is a book for those who enjoy thinking about how and why Nature can be described using mathematical tools. Approximating Perfection considers the background behind mechanics as well as the mathematical ideas that play key roles in mechanical applications. Concentrating on the models of applied mechanics, the book engages the reader in the types of nuts-and-bolts considerations that are normally avoided in formal engineering courses: how and why models remain imperfect, and the factors that motivated their development. The opening chapter reviews and reconsiders the basics of cPrinceton University Pressoai:cds.cern.ch:20428962004 |
| spellingShingle | General Theoretical Physics Lebedev, Leonid P Cloud, Michael J Approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics |
| title | Approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics |
| title_full | Approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics |
| title_fullStr | Approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics |
| title_short | Approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics |
| title_sort | approximating perfection: a mathematician's journey into the world of mechanics |
| topic | General Theoretical Physics |
| url | http://cds.cern.ch/record/2042896 |
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