WorldCat Linked Data Explorer

Turtle N-Triple JSON-LD RDF/XML HTML Contact Us Home

http://worldcat.org/entity/work/id/278783534

When least is best how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible

What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? What will rainbows look like in the future? Why do soap bubbles have a shape that gives them the least area? By combining the mathematical history of extrema with contemporary examples, Paul J. Nahin answers these intriguing questions and more in this engaging and witty volume. He shows how life often works at the extremes--with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible--and how mathematicians over the centuri.

Open All Close All

type

about

http://schema.org/about

author

creator

description

http://schema.org/description

  • "Betr. Jakob und Johann Bernoulli, Leonhard Euler."
  • "What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? What will rainbows look like in the future? Why do soap bubbles have a shape that gives them the least area? By combining the mathematical history of extrema with contemporary examples, Paul J. Nahin answers these intriguing questions and more in this engaging and witty volume. He shows how life often works at the extremes--with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible--and how mathematicians over the centuri."@en
  • "What is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet? Why does light move through glass in the least amount of time possible? How can lost hikers find their way out of a forest? What will rainbows look like in the future? Why do soap bubbles have a shape that gives them the least area? By combining the mathematical history of extrema with contemporary examples, Paul J. Nahin answers these intriguing questions and more in this engaging and witty volume. He shows how life often works at the extremes--with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible."@en

genre

http://schema.org/genre

  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en

name

http://schema.org/name

  • "When least is best how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible"@en
  • "When least is best how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible"
  • "When least is best : how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible"
  • "When Least Is Best How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible"@en
  • "When least is best : how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible : with a new preface by the author"

workExample