Number Theory and the Periodicity of Matter
Autor: | Boeyens, Jan C a Levendis, Demetrius C |
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EAN: | 9781402066597 |
Auflage: | 2008 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Seitenzahl: | 374 |
Produktart: | Gebunden |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 06.12.2007 |
Schlagworte: | Science |
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Philosophers have long speculated that a link exists between natural numbers and the physical world... Pythagoras:"...all is number" John Dalton (1803):"...Atoms combine in simple numerical ratios..." Prout's hypothesis, published anonymously in 1815:"...the elements are different aggregates of the atoms of primordial hydrogen..." Alexandre Émile Beguyer de Chancourtois (1862):"...the properties of the elements are the properties of numbers..." William Harkins (1921):"...the ratio Z/(A - Z) never exceeds the value 0.62 in atomic species..." Within this book, readers with an interest in mathematics, science or natural philosophy will find this expectation addressed...