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This book provides an understanding of differential equations, but more from the pure math side of things. V. Arnold gives a wonderful picture of what the field is all about, with a mixture of high-level intuitions and low-level details, with a satisfying focus on visual and physical intuition along the way. I am aware that this book is available in DISMA, but it is not accessible to non-math majors.

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Unlike classical differential geometry books like Kreyzig, this is a relatively modern differential geometry textbook. What differentiates this book most from other differential geometry textbooks is that this book contains a lot of very useful physics applications like a cycloidal pendulum (Huygens pendulum). I found this textbook to be extremely helpful when studying classical mechanics. In addition, there are some professors who teach curves and surfaces in a very rigorous way in Mathematical Analysis II (Analisi Matematica II), which would make this book the perfect fit.

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Uno degli ultimi libri di Bruno Latour, una curatela che articola la sua proposta di una nuova cosmologia basata sulle scienze della Terra, un nuovo modo di intendere la nostra vita sullo spazio finito della Terra.

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This is the newest edition of George F. Simmons’s famous “Differential Equations with Applications and Historical Notes.” t drastically changed my outlook on a large part of mathematics. For example, we might wonder why do we put so much effort in studying the convergence of power series in analysis II? The subject is interesting on its own, but aside from the abstract interest, it’s ultimately because we want to use those methods to understand power series solutions of differential equations.
This book is clearly written, and it not only makes the subject interesting but deeply fascinating. Great mathematicians like Gauss and Laplace were trying to solve problems of physics and engineering, in which differential equations are ubiquitous, and these problems are the primary motivation for a large part of analysis and topology. Unlike other books on ODE, Simmons’ exercises are fun. It was fun just to read them, and each one got me excited to try to find out the answer.

I am aware that the university library has the first edition copy (1972), but this latest 3rd edition was augmented with a chapter dedicated to Laplace transform, improvements on the explanations of Abel’s mechanical problem, tautochrone, Van der Pol equations (Nonlinear dynamics-discussed in classical mechanics courses), and etc.

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This is not a typical advanced calculus book. This was written by one of the greatest mathematicians of our era, Terence Tao. He actually wrote two books for undergraduate students, “Analysis I” and “Analysis II.” In this book, he discusses topics like metric spaces, uniform convergence, Lebesgue measures, and Lebesgue integration. These topics are not very well discussed in a typical advanced calculus book (or Analysis II or Analysis I). What’s more surprising is that despite the difficulty of the topics he discusses, Tao made the book quite readable; it can be casually read and understood without picking up a pencil during reading.

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Since the 1950s, this has been the acknowledged standard in advanced (graduate or advanced undergraduate) classical mechanics courses (Pretty much all physicists in the world know this book). This latest edition is better equipped with advanced topics like chaos theory and fractals. I am aware of the fact that this book is present in the DISAT library, but they are not easily accessible (short hours, needs a department identification to get in).

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È il libro più recente e importnate sull’usa della diplomazia scientifica in Cina durante la Guerra Fredda. Importate per gli studi in storia della scienza e della tecnica portati avanti al Polito.

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Interessante antologia sugli ultimi sviluppi del pensiero ecologico, fondamentale per il corso di Environmental History of Architecture. Sarebbe utile se si potesse acquistare l’edizione digitale, in modo da renderlo disponibile per gli studenti in tempi brevi

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Buongiorno, sono uno studente di architettura al secondo anno di magistrale. Affrontando il mio percorso di tesi mi sono imbattuto in questo libro che contiene numerosi contenuti relativi al retrofit energetico. Essendo un tema decisamente attuale, ritengo che questo libro possa contribuire a dare informazioni essenziali per tutti gli studenti che intendono percorrere una ricerca in tale campo.

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This is probably the best beginner textbook covering the topic of special relativity with many applications. The best thing about this book is that it gives precise instructions on drawing the space-time diagram. In addition, this book encompasses great exercise problems on special relativity with a link to electromagnetism. I am aware that the book is present in DISAT library, but it is not easily accessible to undergraduate students.

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