Nature's Constants

Name: Nature's Constants
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ISBN: 9781479187034

ISBN-10: 1479187038

ISBN-13: 9781479187034

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert M. Oman

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This discussion of natural constants is a most fascinating one. Dr. Oman addresses the origin of things such as pi (the circumference to diameter ratio for a circle), the number e (the basis of natural logarithms and the controlling constant in growth and decay); used in the description of radioactive decay and the growth of yeast just to name two. The color photographs of flowers representing Fibonacci numbers are fascinating as is the discussion of the connection between Fibonacci numbers, Pascal's triangle and the golden ratio.Did you ever think there was a connection between the second and the meter? Well, there is! And what about the relation between factorials (very simple…

Book details

List price: $13.95
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date: 8/25/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 52
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.13" tall
Weight: 0.286
Language: English