books by Paul J. Nahin     books:     Paul J. Nahin      Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers Paul J. Nahin Princeton University Press, 2002 Oddballs and urns Books on probability are often boring. (Remember all those tedious problems involving people obsessed with drawing balls from urns?). In "Duelling Idiots", Nahin actually makes the subject fun by describing offbeat problems with unexpected solutions. If you like ...             An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i" [the square root of minus one] Paul J. Nahin Princeton University Press, 2007 First-Rate Introduction to complex numbers This is a first-rate introduction to complex numbers. Little background is required to start reading, though a decent high-school background will help. If you ever wondered what complex numbers were for, if you have forgotten why the number i was created, if you ...             Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction Paul J. Nahin Springer, 2001 A very good discussion of time travel, one error of omission As I have always been fascinated by the idea of time travel, I very much enjoyed its discussion both in 'strictly scientific' terms and from a philosophical, literary, and, essential, pop-culture perspective. Sadly, Nahin completely ignores one aspect that features ...             Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age Paul J. Nahin The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002 A very good book for students and "real" scientist/engineers Students who are really interested in physics, electrical engineering or related subjects would find this book informative and inspiring. Real electrical engineer would have the deepest feeling when reading through the lines. Written for a genius (hero) by a great ...             Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills Paul J. Nahin Princeton University Press, 2006 Warning Don't buy this book without buying the companion i book by Paul Nahin. This is clearly meant as a supplement to the i book. Does not stand alone except maybe in the applications of the formula. I gave this book 5 stars because I had no basis for judgment. The author ...             Chases and Escapes: The Mathematics of Pursuit and Evasion Paul J. Nahin Princeton University Press, 2007 We all played tag when we were kids. The rules couldn't be easier--one player is designated "it" and must try to tag out one of the others. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory, and that the same principles of games like tag, dodgeball, and hide-and-seek are at play in military ...             The Science of Radio: with MATLAB and Electronics Workbench Demonstrations (2nd Edition) Paul J. Nahin Springer, 2001 One of the Best Written Books on AM Radio As a physics student and a beginner analog circuit designer with an interest in RF circuit design, I can highly recommend this book. Most books on RF design simply jump to quickly and assume a bunch of prerequsite knowledge, and also assume you don't need to understand ...             Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems Paul J. Nahin Princeton University Press, 2008 Delightful book This is a delightful book showing how probability can be made to come alive by using Monte Carlo simulation. Wonderful examples are given to demonstrate this. A little experience in Excel or Matlab suffices to solve by simulation interesting probability problems ...             Time Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Real Science of Plausible Time Travel (Science Fiction Writing Series) Paul J. Nahin Writer's Digest Books, 1997 A MUST-READ for anyone interested in real time travel! I'm a layman when it comes to science, but I was interested in the theories of the reality of time travel. I tried another book (that will remain nameless) which didn't work at all for me. It was just way over my head. This one's great! It's got all of the same kind of ...             When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as ... Paul J. Nahin Princeton University Press, 2007 More would be better ! Mr. Nahin states in his preface that 1st year undergraduate math and physics is enough to manage "a lot of mathematics in this book." He is fairly on the mark, discounting my comments about chapter six below. As usual, the reader must keep pencils and scrap paper ...             Oliver Heaviside: Sage in Solitude : The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age Paul J. Nahin Ieee, 1988 Out-of-Print----BUT NOT FOR LONG As the author of this book, you may want to ignore my rating! I am really writing to simply note that the book will be reprinted late in 2001 or early in 2002 by The Johns Hopkins University Press. I have written a new introduction for the JHUP edition to bring the ...             Oliver Heaviside **ISBN: 9780801869099** Paul J. Nahin Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 2002             Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1980, Featuring *The Humanoid Universe* (Volume C, No. 6) Jack Williamson, Spider Robinson, ... Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 1980          products you might be interested in search for books 9780801869099, computational, demonstrations, mathematical, mathematicians, metaphysics      toavi.com    web randomly chosen apparel: Tommy Hilfiger Ludlow T-Shirt