Springs of Scientific Creativity: Essays on Founders of Modern Science
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Springs of Scientific Creativity: Essays on Founders of Modern Science
By (Author) claire Aris
Edited by H. Davis
Edited by Roger Stuewer
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
30th June 1983
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Physical Properties
Paperback
356
Width 149mm, Height 229mm
Description
Springs of Scientific Creativity was first published in 1983.Mathematician Henri Poincare was boarding a bus when he realized that the transformations of non-Euclidian geometry were just those he needed in his research on the theory of functions. He did not have to interrupt his conversation, still less to verify the equation in detail; his insight
Author Bio
Rutherford Aris was Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota.
