Thinking about equations : a practical guide for developing mathematical intuition in the physical sciences and engineering

Main Author: Bernstein
Other Authors: Friedman,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley, 2009.
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504 0 0 |a Includes bibliographical references and index 
505 0 0 |a Equations representing physical quantities -- A few pitfalls and a few useful tricks -- Limiting and special cases -- Diagrams, graphs, and symmetry -- Estimation and approximation -- Introduction to dimensional analysis and scaling -- Generalizing equations -- Several instructive examples 
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