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When Least Is Best

How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small As Possible

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An edition of When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible (2003)

When Least Is Best

How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small As Possible

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  • ★★★ 3.0 (1 rating) ·
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  • 1 Have read

"Written in a conversational tone and requiring only an early undergraduate level of mathematical knowledge, When Least Is Best is full of fascinating examples and ready-to-try-at-home experiments. This is the first book on optimization written for a wide audience, and math enthusiasts of all backgrounds will delight in its lively topics."--Jacket.

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Princeton University Press
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English
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392

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Mathematics, Maxima and minima, History, Popular science, Science/Mathematics, History & Philosophy, Applied Science and Engineering, Mathematics / History, Physics, Mathematics, history
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When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small As Possible
2021, Princeton University Press
in English
Cover of: When Least Is Best
When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small As Possible
2021, Princeton University Press
in English
Cover of: When Least Is Best
When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small As Possible
2011, Princeton University Press
in English
Cover of: When Least Is Best
When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things As Small As Possible
2011, Princeton University Press
in English
Cover of: When Least Is Best
When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
July 2, 2007, Princeton University Press
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
Cover of: When Least Is Best
When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
November 24, 2003, Princeton University Press
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OL34127803M
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9780691220383

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OL1907385W

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"This book has been written from the practical point of view of the engineer, and so you'll see few rigorous proofs on any of the pages that follow."

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