"Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World through the Language of Mathematics".

by Dr. Robyn Arianrhod,

Mathematics Lecturer and Honorary Research Associate,
School of Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science,
Monash University, Clayton Campus, Wellington Road, Clayton, Victoria 3800,  Australia

Robyn.Arianrhod@sci.monash.edu.au

http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/research/index.html

"A fascinating tour of the mysterious language of mathematics, focusing on the life and work of Maxwell, Newton, Faraday, and Einstein". 

Author's Note:

"This book invites you to explore a language I see as a celebration of the human spirit. My aim here is to give you a genuine feeling for this language and its history, rather than to provide an exhaustive exposition, and in the interests of brevity and readability. I have simplified the details and contexts of some of my discussions. However, I have provided sources for further reading in the Bibliography, and have added further details about some of the ideas in the Appendix and Notes and Sources. I hope you enjoy the book".

"This book is about the age-old human quest to make sense of the physical world. It is centered on the work of James Clerk Mazwell, who created the paradigm of present-day physics with his theory of electromagnetism (the theory that predicted the existence of radio waves). He was the first physicist to embrace deliberately the ambiguous relationship between language and reality; the first to accept that in a very real sense, language is reality. He showed that the structure of mathematical  language seems to reflect hidden physical structures, so that in the unseen realms of the world, such as the heart of atoms, radio waves and black holes -- 'the hidden, dimmer regions where thought weds fact' as he put it -- the closest we may ever come to perceiving physical reality directly is to imagine it mathematically.

Einstein was so inspired by Maxwell that he placed a photograph of him on his study wall, and Maxwell is the hero  -- among many heroes -- of this book, too. But while his story provides a narrative focus, this book is ultimately about ideas: it is a story about how physicists name and imagine the world with the language of mathematics."

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5. Suarez M, "The role of models in the application of scientific theories: epistemological implications", Published as Chapter 7, pages 168-198 in: "Models as Mediators: Perspectives on Natural and Social Science", (1999), edited by: Mary S. Morgan and Margaret Morrison, Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 1RP, UK, ISBN 0 521 65097 6 (hb). - ISBN 0 521 65581 4 (pb).

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