TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tabak,John
TI  - Mathematics and the laws of nature : : developing the language of science / 
T2  - History of mathematics
SN  - 9788130900919
U1  - 510/.9 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Viva Books
KW  - Mathematics
KW  - History
KW  - Science
N1  - 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

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