Volume 2 of a monumental 4-vol. set covers mathematics and the physical world, mathematics and social science, and the laws of chance, with non-technical essays by and about scores of eminent mathematicians, economists, scientists, and others. Individual articles on "Mathematics of Motion," by Galil
The World of Mathematics, Volume 1
✍ Scribed by James R. Newman
- Book ID
- 127452751
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Year
- 1956
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 9 MB
- Edition
- Unabridged
- Category
- Library
- ISBN
- 0486411532
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✦ Synopsis
Volume 1 of a monumental 4-vol. set includes a general survey of mathematics; historical and biographical information on prominent mathematicians throughout history; material on arithmetic, numbers and the art of counting, and the mathematics of space and motion. Non-technical articles by and about scores of eminent mathematicians as well as literary figures, economists, biologists. and many other thinkers. Informative commentary by noted mathematics scholar James R. Newman precedes essays by Eric Temple Bell, W. W. Rouse Ball, Leonhard Euler, Bertrand Russell, Alfred North Whitehead, many others. Numerous figures.
✦ Subjects
История математики
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