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

This book is intended to help students in the fields of engineering and the physical sciences develop intuition and skills for solving mathematical problems. This book successfully fills a gap in the existing literature and will influence the way mathematics and science is taught to the current generation thathas little or no time to go through a rigorous series of courses to develop the mathematical intuition and skills needed to succeed in the fields of engineering and the physical sciences. Explanations and examples of techniques including geometrical thinking, limiting and bounding cases, dimensional analysis, and scaling are provided in an effort to achieve the goal of the book. Although these techniques are widely used by professionals, they are rarely taught ina systematic fashion, and this is the first book dedicated to teaching all ofthese methods. After studying the techniques in this book, students will be more confident in the problem set-up and solution and will be able to catch andcorrect some algebraic errors. Students will also gain insight into what the equations convey and will ideally enjoy mathematical analysis more.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-18620-6
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 272
• Fecha Publicación: 24/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés