Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation by Robyn Arianhod Teaching writer and essayist

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Vector: A Surprising Story of Space, Time, and Mathematical Transformation by Robyn Arianhod Teaching writer and essayistA celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions sparking both controversy and discovery. The stars of this book, vectors and tensors, are unlikely celebrities. If you ever took a physics course, the word "vector" might remind you of the mathematics needed to determine forces on an amusement park ride, a turbine, or a projectile. You might also remember that a vector is a quantity that has magnitude and