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Oliver Heaviside: The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age

2 reviews
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 educator of the field.

The Science of Radio: with MATLAB and Electronics Workbench Demonstrations (2nd Edition)

9 reviews
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 the physics (or science) of what is going on, but only understand the models to be used to plug numbers into. I've had a hard ...

Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills

15 reviews
Paul J. Nahin

Princeton University Press, 2006

An excellence introductory book on advanced mathematics such as Euler's Identity, Irrationalioty, Fourier Series
The primary topic of Nahin's "Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula" is the complex number or more appropriately the Euler's identity: e power to (it) = cos(t) + isin(t). Nahin called this book the second half of his complex number series. The first book in the series is named "An Imaginary Tale: The Story of square root of minus one." The second book is called "Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula." The primary ...

An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i" [the square root of minus one]

44 reviews
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 want to learn the art of equation solving, if you are curious about Gauss and Euler, this is the book. I've read several other ...

Digital Dice: Computational Solutions to Practical Probability Problems

2 reviews
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 that are otherwise not easily amenable to an analytical solution. The book is an excellent appetizer for more mathematical books ...

When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as ...

6 reviews
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 ready to fully appreciate this book. I hoped to find a book based on applications of math and physics, an engineer's approach. This ...

Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction

11 reviews
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 prominently in many modern time travel narratives: the idea of alternate universes / alternate realities and, tied to that, the ...

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 strategy, high-seas chases by the Coast Guard, even romantic pursuits. In Chases and Escapes , Paul ...

Time Travel: A Writer's Guide to the Real Science of Plausible Time Travel (Science Fiction Writing Series)

7 reviews
Paul J. Nahin

Writer's Digest Books, 1997

Must-Have for the Sci-Fi writer
This is one of the best writer's reference books that I have come across. The text is very accessible. The science is very readable and very precise. Nahin does a fine job of walking the line between the novice and the and experts in the fields. Although this could hardly be considered a physics text book, the Author's theories and ideas should make for excellent reading to anyone who enjoys the ...

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1980, Featuring *The Humanoid Universe* (Volume C, No. 6)
Jack Williamson, Spider Robinson, ...

Conde Nast Publications, Inc., 1980

Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers

5 reviews
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 solving math puzzles, then this is a great book to look at. If you're teaching a course and want to assign a book that students might ...

Oliver Heaviside: Sage in Solitude : The Life, Work, and Times of an Electrical Genius of the Victorian Age

3 reviews
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 book up-to-date on all the latest about Heaviside.

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