Description: When Least Is Best : How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or As Large) As Possible, Paperback by Nahin, Paul J., ISBN 0691218765, ISBN-13 9780691218762, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK
A mathematical journey through the most fascinating problems of extremes and how to solve them
What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? When Least Is Best combines the mathematical history of extrema with contemporary examples to answer these intriguing questions and more. Paul Nahin shows how life often works at the extremes—with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible—and he considers how mathematicians over the centuries, including Descartes, Fermat, and Kepler, have grappled with these problems of minima and maxima. Throughout, Nahin examines entertaining conundrums, such as how to build the shortest bridge possible between two towns, how to vary speed during a race, and how to make the perfect basketball shot. Moving from medieval writings and modern calculus to the field of optimization, the engaging and witty explorations of When Least Is Best will delight math enthusiasts everywhere.
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Book Title: When Least Is Best : How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Wa
Number of Pages: 392 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2021
Subject: Mathematics
Item Height: 216 mm
Type: Textbook
Author: Paul J. Nahin
Series: Princeton Science Library
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
