TY - BOOK AU - Arnold, V. I. TI - Mathematical understanding of nature: essays on amazing physical phenomena and their understanding by mathematicians SN - 9781470438388 U1 - 510 PY - 2014/// CY - Providence, Rhode Island PB - AMS, American Mathematical Society KW - Mathematics -- Popular works N2 - This collection of 39 short stories gives the reader a unique opportunity to take a look at the scientific philosophy of Vladimir Arnold, one of the most original contemporary researchers. Topics of the stories included range from astronomy, to mirages, to motion of glaciers, to geometry of mirrors and beyond ER -