The World of Mathematics, Vol. 1James R. Newman Dover Publications, 18 de set. 2000 - 768 pàgines Vol. 1 of a monumental four-volume 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. Nontechnical 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. |
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The Nature of Mathematics | 7 |
THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF MODERN MATHEMATICSANALYT | 19 |
THE BEGINNINGS OF THE APPLICATION OF MATHEMATICS | 43 |
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