When Least Is Best
How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
by Paul J. Nahin
- Reader rating
- 3.0 / 5
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 392
- ISBN
- 9780691070780
About this book
This book has been written from the practical point of view of the engineer, and so you'll see few rigorous proofs on any of the pages that follow.
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