Numbers and symbols: from counting to abstract algebras (Basic Books in Science) - Softcover

McWeeny, Roy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1543249698 ISBN 13: 9781543249699

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

Science Education is one of the great keys to human progress. The series "Basic Books in Science" brings basic knowledge of science within the reach of everyone. Every Book covers in some depth a well defined area, starting from the very beginning and leading up to university entrance level. Printed copies of each Book are available at low cost. The aim of this first book in the Series is to open the door into Mathematics, ready for going on into Physics, Chemistry, and the other Sciences. Contents 1. About numbers 2. Combining numbers 3. Inventing new numbers - equations 4. The decimal system 5. Real and complex numbers 6. Beyond numbers - operators

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About the Author

Roy McWeeny is Professore Emerito di Chimica Teorica, Universita di Pisa. A student of Charles Coulson at the Univerity of Oxford in the late 1940s, McWeeny has had a distinguished academic career being Professor of Theoretical Physics and Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Keele, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry at the University of Sheffield and then in Pisa.He has published numerous research papers and several academic texts including "Symmetry: an introduction to group theory and its applications", "Methods of Molecular Quantum Mechanics" and "Coulson's Valence". He is an editor of the major reference work "Handbook of Molecular Physics and Quantum Chemistry".

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1543249698
• ISBN 13: 9781543249699
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 104