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The Theory of the Top. Volume I: Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top
Klein, Felix, Sommerfeld, Arnold
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Description for The Theory of the Top. Volume I: Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top
Hardcover. A product of Felix Klein's lectures from 1895, the Theory of the Top remains an informative and insightful text for students and mathematicians alike. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 597.
TheTheory of the Top attained its great fame from both its monum- tal scope and its outstanding authors. In the early twentieth century, Felix Klein was known as a mathematician of world fame; Arnold S- merfeld, Klein’s disciple, had acquired his reputation as a rising star of theoretical physics. By 1910, when the ?nal volume of this tr- tise was published, the names of Klein and Sommerfeld would signal to a student that a matter as complex as the top was presented in a most authoritative manner, from the perspective of both mathem- ics and physics. The work also stands ... Read more
TheTheory of the Top attained its great fame from both its monum- tal scope and its outstanding authors. In the early twentieth century, Felix Klein was known as a mathematician of world fame; Arnold S- merfeld, Klein’s disciple, had acquired his reputation as a rising star of theoretical physics. By 1910, when the ?nal volume of this tr- tise was published, the names of Klein and Sommerfeld would signal to a student that a matter as complex as the top was presented in a most authoritative manner, from the perspective of both mathem- ics and physics. The work also stands ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Secaucus, United States
ISBN
9780817647209
SKU
V9780817647209
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for The Theory of the Top. Volume I: Introduction to the Kinematics and Kinetics of the Top
"This book is a translation by Raymond J. Nagem and Guido Sandri of the German original [F. Klein and A. Sommerfeld, Über die Theorie des Kreisels. Heft I, Teubner, Leipzig, 1897; JFM 28.0658.04]. Various editions of this book, which presents fundamental results in the theory of the motion of the top, have appeared in German...This English translation is of great ... Read more