: essays on amazing physical phenomena and their understanding by mathematicians Arnolld, V.I creator Arnolʹd, V.I text Island : AMS, American Mathematical Society ©2014 monographic eng

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xiv, 167 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm ""This collection of 39 short stories gives the reader a unique opportunity to take a look at the scientific philosophy of Vladimir Arnold, one of the most original contemporary researchers. Topics of the stories included range from astronomy, to mirages, to motion of glaciers, to geometry of mirrors and beyond. In each case Arnold's explanation is both deep and simple, which makes the book interesting and accessible to an extremely broad readership. Original illustrations hand drawn by the author help the reader to further understand and appreciate Arnold's view on the relationship between mathematics and science.""--Publisher's description. ""This collection of 39 short stories gives the reader a unique opportunity to take a look at the scientific philosophy of Vladimir Arnold, one of the most original contemporary researchers. Topics of the stories included range from astronomy, to mirages, to motion of glaciers, to geometry of mirrors and beyond. In each case Arnold's explanation is both deep and simple, which makes the book interesting and accessible to an extremely broad readership. Original illustrations hand drawn by the author help the reader to further understand and appreciate Arnold's view on the relationship between mathematics and science.""--Publisher's description. / V I Arnolʹd Mathematics 510 Mathematics Mechanics of particles and systems -- Instructional exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc Fluid mechanics -- Instructional exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc Optics, electromagnetic theory -- Instructional exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc 510 ARN 9781470438388 :Raghav Books Private Limited :A-184 Nand Gram Ghaziabad 211201 20211217112729.0