Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
by Julian Havil
|
by Eli Maor
|
by Paul J. Nahin
|
by William Dunham
|
by Paul J. Nahin
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links(What is this?) |
Product Description
Review
This is a highly readable book that offers several colorful applications of differential equations and good examples of non-trivial integrals for calculus students. It would be a good source of examples for the classroom and or a starting point for an independent project.
(Bill Satzer MAA Review )
In the 18th century, mathematicians began to tease apart how best to track down and intercept prey, inspired by pirate ships bearing down on merchant vessels. The mathematics is by no means trivial, and quickly becomes fiendish if the merchant ship takes evasive action. This is just one of the colorful problems in Paul Nahin's fascinating history of the mathematics of pursuit, in which he guides us masterfully through the maths itself--think lions and Christians, submarines and torpedoes, and the curvaceous flight of fighter aircraft.
(New Scientist )
This book contains a well-written, well-organized collection of solutions to twenty-one challenging calculus and differential equation problems that concern pursuit and evasion as well as the historical background of each problem type.
(Mathematics Teacher )
Review
Nahin provides beautiful applications of calculus, differential equations, and game theory. If you are pursuing an enjoyable collection of mathematical problems and the stories behind them, then your search ends here.
(Arthur Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College )
See all Product Description
This is a highly readable book that offers several colorful applications of differential equations and good examples of non-trivial integrals for calculus students. It would be a good source of examples for the classroom and or a starting point for an independent project.
(Bill Satzer MAA Review )
In the 18th century, mathematicians began to tease apart how best to track down and intercept prey, inspired by pirate ships bearing down on merchant vessels. The mathematics is by no means trivial, and quickly becomes fiendish if the merchant ship takes evasive action. This is just one of the colorful problems in Paul Nahin's fascinating history of the mathematics of pursuit, in which he guides us masterfully through the maths itself--think lions and Christians, submarines and torpedoes, and the curvaceous flight of fighter aircraft.
(New Scientist )
This book contains a well-written, well-organized collection of solutions to twenty-one challenging calculus and differential equation problems that concern pursuit and evasion as well as the historical background of each problem type.
(Mathematics Teacher )
Review
Nahin provides beautiful applications of calculus, differential equations, and game theory. If you are pursuing an enjoyable collection of mathematical problems and the stories behind them, then your search ends here.
(Arthur Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College )
See all Product Description
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Modern mathematical pursuit analysis is generally assumed to begin with a problem posed and solved by the French mathematician and hydrographer Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758) in 1732. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Modern mathematical pursuit analysis is generally assumed to begin with a problem posed and solved by the French mathematician and hydrographer Pierre Bouguer (1698-1758) in 1732. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
|
What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?
 |
75% buy the item featured on this page: Chases and Escapes: The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion£15.49 |
 |
11% buy Nonplussed: Mathematical Proof of Implausible Ideas£16.10 |
 |
7% buy Impossible Surprising Solutions to Counterintuitive Conundrums £15.49 |
 |
7% buy Digital Dice Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems£16.96 |
Customer Reviews
There are no customer reviews yet. Create your own review
| |||
Video reviews
|
 |
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
- Books > Science & Nature > Earth Sciences & Geography > Education > Higher Education
- Books > Science & Nature > Earth Sciences & Geography > Geography
- Books > Science & Nature > History & Philosophy > History of Mathematics
- Books > Science & Nature > Mathematics > History of Mathematics
- Books > Science & Nature > Mathematics > Mathematical Foundations
- Books > Science & Nature > Mathematics > Popular Maths
- Books > Science & Nature > Popular Science > Maths
- Books > Scientific, Technical & Medical > Mathematics > Mathematical Theory
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
- I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book.
- I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book.
Cooperative Control: A...
Are there universal principles of coordinated group motion and if so...
Read more
|
More From Paul J. Nahin
An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i... Dispelling many common myths about the origin of the mystic...
Read more
|
Treat Someone
With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is). |
||||||||
| |||||
Your Recent History
(What's this?)|
You have no recently viewed items or searches.
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session. |
Continue Shopping: Top Sellers
| ||||
Amazon Home | |
| International Sites: United States | Germany | France | Japan | Canada | China | |
| Business Programs: Sell on Amazon | Fulfilment by Amazon | Join Associates | Join Advantage | |
| Customer Service | Help | View Basket | Your Account | |
| About Amazon.co.uk | Careers at Amazon | |
| Conditions of Use & Sale | Privacy Notice © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates |