On the Shoulders of Giants

Malcolm Lines sets out to investigate the relationship between the disciplines of physics & mathematics & the facts & coincidences behind scientific progress. With each chapter he demonstrates how mathematics has provided the theoretical understanding which underpins physical experiment. Mathematics is the only science with a methodology based upon deductive logic, whereas physics is a quantitative science based upon experiment, & observation, in which trial & error are inherent. Physics uses the most relevant mathematics, for example group theory, to explain the theoretical basis of the crystalline structure of solids, & how time & time again a mathematical theorem, perhaps developed by an ancient Greek philosopher, is shown to be relevant to today's newly developed physical proof.