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Mrs. Perkins's electric quilt: and other intriguing stories of mathematical physics
Mrs. Perkins's electric quilt: and other intriguing stories of mathematical physics
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Nahin, Paul J
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Three examples of the mutual embrace
Measuring gravity
Feynman's infinite circuit
Air drag
a mathematical view
Air drag
a physical view
Really long falls
The Zeta function
the physics
Ballistics
with no air drag (yet)
Ballistics
with air drag
Gravity and Newton
Gravity far above the earth
Gravity inside the earth
Quilts & electricity
Random walks
Two more random walks
Nearest neighbors
One last random walk
The big noise
Electricity in the fourth dimension.
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Education
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Mathematical physics
Mathematische Physik
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Nahin, Paul J.
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9780691135403
9781400833467
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