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

by PaulJ.Nahin (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  2003

  $21.33

• New

  Paperback
  2007

  $28.78

  Shows how life often works at the extremes - with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible - and how mathematicians over the centuries have struggled to calculate these problems of minima and maxima. This is the book on optimization for math enthusiasts of all backgrounds.