Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 From the History of Astronomy: Measurement and Successive Approximation
- CHAPTER 2 From the History of Statics
- CHAPTER 3 From the History of Dynamics
- CHAPTER 4 Physical Reasoning in Mathematics
- CHAPTER 5 Differential Equations and Their Use in Science
Preface to the Revised Edition
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Preface to the Revised Edition
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER 1 From the History of Astronomy: Measurement and Successive Approximation
- CHAPTER 2 From the History of Statics
- CHAPTER 3 From the History of Dynamics
- CHAPTER 4 Physical Reasoning in Mathematics
- CHAPTER 5 Differential Equations and Their Use in Science
Summary
The present edition leaves the original essentially unchanged. However, several misprints and minor slips have been corrected, details of the presentation improved, parts of subsections 1.2.6, 3.1.3, 3.4.3, 5.1.1, and 5.1.3 have been rewritten, and a final section “What is a Differential Equation?” has been added.
In the light of classroom experience (my own experience, that of Professor Bowden and several colleagues) it was advisable not to deviate from the original general conception of the work. The preface to the original edition mentioned the difficulty of reconciling the pedagogically appropriate with the historically correct. Also this somewhat delicate balance was left undisturbed.
Professor Bowden and I are deeply grateful to Professor Anneli Lax for incorporating this revised version into the New Mathematical Library, for numerous improvements, both major and minor, of the text, and for editorial expertise which greatly facilitated the toil and trouble of revision.
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- Mathematical Methods in Science , pp. viiiPublisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 1977