
Hesiod's Anvil
Falling and Spinning Through Heaven and Earth
Andrew J. Simoson(Author)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA) (Publisher)
Published on 26. July 2007
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-0-88385-336-8 (ISBN)
Description
Uses popular literature and philosophy to bring the mechanics of motion to life.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington DC
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 253 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
603 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88385-336-8 (9780883853368)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Andrew J. Simoson is chairman of the mathematics department at King College in Bristol, Tennessee. He is also a member of the MAA and has twice been a Fulbright professor.
Content
Introduction; Preamble I. Good to fall; 1. Hesiod's muses; Preamble II. Towers crash; 2. The gravity of Hades; Preamble III. A great fall; 3. Ballistics; Preamble IV. A new leaf; 4. Heavenly motion; Preamble V. Falling oars; 5. Pendulum variations; Preamble VI. Half to fall; 6. Retrieving H.G. Wells from the ocean floor; Preamble VII. Turned round and round; 7. Sliding along a chord through a rotating Earth; Preamble VIII. Fallen, fallen, fallen; 8. Falling through a rotating Earth; Preamble IX. Falling into naught; 9. Shadow lands; Preamble X. Spinning complete; 10. The Trochoid family; Preamble XI. The world turned; 11. Retrieving H. G. Wells from the moon; Preamble XII. Catch a star; 12. Playing ball in space; Preamble XIII. Turn a different hue; 13. The rotating beacon; Preamble XIV. Never turning; 14. The long count; Preamble XV. What a fall!; 15. Hesiod's anvil; Appendix; Cast of characters; Comments on selected exercises; References; Index; About the author.