The Queen of the Sciences
Author | : David M. Bressoud |
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Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
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Author | : David M. Bressoud |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
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Author | : Eric Temple Bell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 156 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
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Author | : Maia Weinstock |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2023-03-07 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0262545977 |
The life of trailblazing physicist Mildred Dresselhaus, who expanded our understanding of the physical world. As a girl in New York City in the 1940s, Mildred “Millie” Dresselhaus was taught that there were only three career options open to women: secretary, nurse, or teacher. But sneaking into museums, purchasing three-cent copies of National Geographic, and devouring books on the history of science ignited in Dresselhaus (1930–2017) a passion for inquiry. In Carbon Queen, science writer Maia Weinstock describes how, with curiosity and drive, Dresselhaus defied expectations and forged a career as a pioneering scientist and engineer. Dresselhaus made highly influential discoveries about the properties of carbon and other materials and helped reshape our world in countless ways—from electronics to aviation to medicine to energy. She was also a trailblazer for women in STEM and a beloved educator, mentor, and colleague. Her path wasn’t easy. Dresselhaus’s Bronx childhood was impoverished. Her graduate adviser felt educating women was a waste of time. But Dresselhaus persisted, finding mentors in Nobel Prize–winning physicists Rosalyn Yalow and Enrico Fermi. Eventually, Dresselhaus became one of the first female professors at MIT, where she would spend nearly six decades. Weinstock explores the basics of Dresselhaus’s work in carbon nanoscience accessibly and engagingly, describing how she identified key properties of carbon forms, including graphite, buckyballs, nanotubes, and graphene, leading to applications that range from lighter, stronger aircraft to more energy-efficient and flexible electronics.
Author | : E. T. Bell |
Publisher | : Mathematical Association of America |
Total Pages | : 463 |
Release | : 1996-09-05 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
ISBN | : 9780883854471 |
An absorbing account of pure and applied mathematics from the geometry of Euclid to that of Riemann, and its application in Einstein's theory of relativity. The twenty chapters cover such topics as: algebra, number theory, logic, probability, infinite sets and the foundations of mathematics, rings, matrices, transformations, groups, geometry, and topology. Mathematics was republished in 1987 with corrections and an added foreword by Martin Gardner.
Author | : Benjamin Woolley |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2002-02 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780805065107 |
Although his accomplishments were substantial-he became a trusted confidante to Queen Elizabeth I, inspired the formation of the British Empire, and plotted voyages to the New World-John Dee's story has been largely lost to history. In The Queen's Conjurer, Benjamin Woolley brings to life the tale of one of the most colorful characters of the Renaissance. In the midst of a pivotal era when the age of superstition collided with the world of science and reason, Dee's mathematics anticipated Newton by nearly a century, and his mapmaking and navigation were critical to exploration. Obsessed with alchemy, astrology, and mysticism, his library was one of the finest in Europe, a vast compendium of thousands of volumes. Yet, despite his powerful position and prodigious intellect, Dee died in poverty and obscurity, reviled and pitied as a madman. Written with flair and vigor, and based on numerous surviving diaries of the period, The Queen's Conjurer is a highly readable account of an extraordinary and nearly forgotten life.
Author | : Samir Okasha |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0198745583 |
What is science? -- Scientific inference -- Explanation in science -- Realism and anti-realism -- Scientific change and scientific revolutions -- Philosophical problems in physics, biology, and psychology -- Science and its critics.
Author | : Mary Somerville |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1834 |
Genre | : Physical science |
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Author | : Eric Temple Bell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
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Author | : Eric Temple Bell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1937 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
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Author | : Elexious Thompson Bell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1931 |
Genre | : Mathematics |
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