Mathematics and the laws of nature : developing the language of science /
John Tabak.
- New Delhi : Viva Books, 2006
- xiii, 221 p. ill. ; 23 cm.
- History of mathematics .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-210) and index.
1. Contents 2. Acknowledgements 3. Vii 4. Introduction: natural laws 5. Viii 6. 1-nature as geometry 7. 1 8. The ancient sky 9. 3 10. Recording the stars to predict the future 11. 7 12. The astronomical calculations 12 13. 2-mathematics and science in ancient greece 14. 18 15. Ratios and the measure of the universe 19 16. A geometry of the universe 17. 25 18. Archimedes: fusing physics with mathematics 32 19. The law of the lever 20. 36 21. Archimedes' measurement of a circle 41 22. 3-a period of transition 23. 45 24. Nicholas oresme 25. 47 26. Nicolaus copernicus 27. 53 28. Johannes kepler 29. 59 30. Leonardo da vinci and the equation of continuity 31. 67 32. 4-new sciences 33. 73 34. Simon stevin 35. 75 36. Galileo galilei 37. 84 38. Fermat, descartes, and wallis 89 39. 5-mathematics and the law of conservation of momentum 40. 96 41. The laws of motion 42. 102 43. The discovery of neptune 44. 108 45. 6-mathematics and the law of conservation of mass 46. 113 47. 7-mathematics and the laws of thermodynamics 48. 123 49. Sadi carnot 50. 130 51. James prescott joule 52. 139 53. The first law of thermodynamics 54. 142 55. The second law of thermodynamics 147 56. 8-modern ideas about conservation laws 57. 158 58. Olga oleinik 59. 164 60. 9-natural laws and randomness 61. 170 62. Population genetics 63. 178 64. The limits of predictability 65. 187