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Author | : Louis Lyons |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1995-10-05 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780521436007 |
Why is the square root of minus one relevant to electrical circuits? Can geometry be used to solve problems in the physical sciences? How could you help a being on a distant planet distinguish left and right? With a clear understanding of mathematics, these questions can be solved. But in many textbooks, mathematical proofs and techniques cloud the issue of understanding the physical principles. This book shows why particular techniques are useful by providing clear and full explanations. The aim is to convey a deeper appreciation of mathematical methods that are applicable to physics and engineering. A wide range of real physical problems are discussed. The author has thirty years experience of teaching mathematics to undergraduates. This book is based on the explanations he has found to be most successful in teaching.
Author | : Louis Lyons |
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Release | : 1995 |
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Author | : Louis Lyons |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780521436014 |
This book, first published in 1998, is the second in a two volume work and introduces integral and differential calculus, waves, matrices, and eigenvectors for undergraduates in physics and engineering. Together, the two volumes cover all the mathematics needed for an introductory course in the physical sciences. The approach taken is to learn through understanding real examples, showing mathematics as a tool for understanding physical systems and their behaviour. The aim is to make the student feel at home with real problems by creating a toolkit through a wide range of examples. The traditional approach of teaching theory for its own sake is not used in this course. Dr. Lyons brings a wealth of teaching experience to this refreshing textbook on the fundamentals of mathematics for physics and engineering.
Author | : Louis Lyons |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 344 |
Release | : 1995-10-05 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521434652 |
Physics and engineering students need a clear understanding of mathematics in order to solve a vast array of problems posed to them in coursework. Unfortunately, in many textbooks, mathematical proofs and techniques obscure a fundamental understanding of the physical principles. In a clear and didactic manner, this book explains to the student why particular advanced mathematical techniques are useful for solving certain problems. The aim is to convey a deeper appreciation of mathematical methods that are applicable to physics and engineering through a discussion of a wide range of real physical problems. The topics covered include simultaneous equations, three-dimensional geometry and vectors, complex numbers, differential equations, partial derivatives, Taylor series, and Lagrange multipliers.
Author | : Louis Lyons |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1998-04-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521434669 |
This is an excellent tool kit for solving the mathematical problems encountered by undergraduates in physics and engineering. This second book in a two volume work introduces integral and differential calculus, waves, matrices, and eigenvectors. All mathematics needed for an introductory course in the physical sciences is included. The emphasis is on learning through understanding real examples, showing mathematics as a tool for understanding physical systems and their behavior, so that the student feels at home with real mathematical problems. Dr. Lyons brings a wealth of teaching experience to this refreshing textbook on the fundamentals of mathematics for physics and engineering.
Author | : Louis Lyons |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 1998-04-30 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780521436014 |
This is an excellent tool kit for solving the mathematical problems encountered by undergraduates in physics and engineering. This second book in a two volume work introduces integral and differential calculus, waves, matrices, and eigenvectors. All mathematics needed for an introductory course in the physical sciences is included. The emphasis is on learning through understanding real examples, showing mathematics as a tool for understanding physical systems and their behavior, so that the student feels at home with real mathematical problems. Dr. Lyons brings a wealth of teaching experience to this refreshing textbook on the fundamentals of mathematics for physics and engineering.
Author | : Russell Sbriglia |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2017-02-27 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0822373386 |
Challenging the widely-held assumption that Slavoj Žižek's work is far more germane to film and cultural studies than to literary studies, this volume demonstrates the importance of Žižek to literary criticism and theory. The contributors show how Žižek's practice of reading theory and literature through one another allows him to critique, complicate, and advance the understanding of Lacanian psychoanalysis and German Idealism, thereby urging a rethinking of historicity and universality. His methodology has implications for analyzing literature across historical periods, nationalities, and genres and can enrich theoretical frameworks ranging from aesthetics, semiotics, and psychoanalysis to feminism, historicism, postcolonialism, and ecocriticism. The contributors also offer Žižekian interpretations of a wide variety of texts, including Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, Samuel Beckett's Not I, and William Burroughs's Nova Trilogy. The collection includes an essay by Žižek on subjectivity in Shakespeare and Beckett. Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Literature but Were Afraid to Ask Žižek affirms Žižek's value to literary studies while offering a rigorous model of Žižekian criticism. Contributors. Shawn Alfrey, Daniel Beaumont, Geoff Boucher, Andrew Hageman, Jamil Khader, Anna Kornbluh, Todd McGowan, Paul Megna, Russell Sbriglia, Louis-Paul Willis, Slavoj Žižek
Author | : Louis Lyons |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 576 |
Release | : 1999-12-01 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780521627634 |
Together, the two volumes cover all the mathematics needed for an introductory course in the physical sciences. The approach taken is to learn through understanding real examples, showing mathematics as a tool for understanding physical systems and their behaviour. The aim is to make the student feel at home with real problems by creating a toolkit through a wide range of examples. The traditional approach of teaching theory for its own sake is not used in this course. Dr Lyons brings a wealth of teaching experience to this refreshing textbook on the fundamentals of mathematics for physics and engineering.
Author | : Albe Numeracy Group Staff |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780724646975 |
Author | : Ken Burchett |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 822 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9781781483336 |
If you were flummoxed by fractions, confused by calculus or sedated by science then 'Who's Afraid of Maths & Science?' might be just the book for you. Written for those who were turned off maths and science at school but who now feel they have missed out, it takes the reader gently through some of the major scientific theories of the twentieth century, including the maths that underpins them. If that sounds scary, don't worry. The section on maths and statistics starts at primary school level, then explains in a step by step manner all those topics you never really mastered at school - negative numbers, fractions, algebra, geometry and even some simple calculus. This is followed by the history of the cosmos, the physics of relativity, quantum mechanics, basic chemistry, evolution, genetics, and chaos theory. Using the simplest algebra you will see why light travels at 300,000 km/sec. Pythagoras will explain why E = mc2. By the end you will understand more maths and science than you ever thought possible, and might even feel that they can be fun.