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- From: jbaez@riesz.mit.edu (John C. Baez)
- Subject: Interesting books
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- Organization: MIT Department of Mathematics, Cambridge, MA
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 92 04:51:11 GMT
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- Here's a new book from the UC Press series "California Studies in the
- History of Science." I guess it's not out yet 'cause the ad says
- "December" on it. It might be interesting.
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- From c-Numbers to q-Numbers
- The Classical Analogy in the History of Quantum Theory
- Olivier Darrigol
- ISBN 0-520-07822-5
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- ...Darrigol illuminates not only the history of quantum theory but also
- the role of analgoies in sicentific thinking and theory change.
- Unlike previous works, which have tended to focurs on qualitative,
- global arguments, Darrigols' study follows the lines of mathematical
- reasoning and symbolizing and so is able to show the motivations of
- early quantum theorists more precisely - and provocatively - than ever
- before.
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- Here's one from World Scientific that caught my eye. It's been out a
- while - anyone read it? Care to write a review?
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- Mathematics and Science
- ed. Ronald E. Mickens
- ISBN 981-0234-2 (pbk)
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- The purpose of this review volume is to present the opinions of a
- nubmer of distinguished individuals who have given careful thought as
- to why mathematics is so "unreasonably effective" when applied to the
- analysis of the natural sciences.
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- ... which gives me a chance to give my own definition of physics: "the
- study of those aspects of nature to which mathematics can most
- fruitfully be applied."
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