Hot Molecules, Cold Electrons : From the Mathematics of Heat to the Development of the Trans-Atlantic Telegraph Cable /

An entertaining mathematical exploration of the heat equation and its role in the triumphant development of the trans-Atlantic telegraph cableHeat, like gravity, shapes nearly every aspect of our world and universe, from how milk dissolves in coffee to how molten planets cool. The heat equation, a c...

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Hlavní autor: Nahin, Paul J. (Autor)
Médium: E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]
©2020
Témata:
Heat equation.
Heat.
Mathematical physics > History > 19th century.
Telegraph cables > History.
Transatlantic cables > History.
SCIENCE / Mechanics / Thermodynamics.
Atlantic cable equation.
History of science and technology.
termodynamika
elektronické dokumenty
ISBN:9780691199948
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Obsah:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • CHAPTER 1. Mathematics and Physics
  • CHAPTER 2. Fourier's Mathematics
  • CHAPTER 3. The Heat Equation
  • CHAPTER 4. Solving the Heat Equation
  • CHAPTER 5. William Thomson and the Infinitely Long Telegraph Cable Equation
  • CHAPTER 6. Epilogue
  • APPENDIX. How to Differentiate an Integral
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • ALSO BY PAUL J. NAHIN

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