The World of Mathematics, Volume 2

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“Unmarked. Numerous text figures. 720p. Articles include the mathematics of motion by Galileo, ...
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Subject
Science & Technology
Special Attributes
Illustrated
ISBN
9780486411507
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486411508
ISBN-13
9780486411507
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1505881

Product Key Features

Book Title
World of Mathematics
Number of Pages
720 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Reference, Mathematics / General
Publication Year
2000
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Mathematics, Juvenile Nonfiction
Author
James R. Newman
Book Series
Dover Books on Mathematics Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
27.3 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
00-027006
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
21
Series Volume Number
2
Volume Number
Vol. 2
Dewey Decimal
510
Table Of Content
VOLUME TWOPART V: Mathematics and the Physical World Galileo Galilei: Commentary 1. Mathematics of Motion by GALILEO GALILEI The Bernoullis: Commentary 2. Kinetic Theory of Gases by DANIEL BERNOULLI "A Great Prize, a Long-Suffering Inventor and the First Accurate Clock: Commentary" 3. The Longitude by LLOYD A. BROWN John Couch Adams: Commentary 4. John Couch Adams and the Discovery of Neptune by SIR HAROLD SPENCER JONES H. G. J. Mosley: Commentary 5. Atomic Numbers by H. G. J. MOSLEY The Small Furniture of Earth: Commentary 6. The Röntgen Rays by SIR WILLIAM BRAGG 7. Crystals and the Future of Physics by PHILIPPE LE CORBEILLER "Queen Dido, Soap Bubbles, and a Blind Mathematician: Commentary" 8. What Is Calculus of Variations and What Are Its Applications? By KARL MENGER 9. The Soap-bubble by C. VERNON BOYS 10. Plateau's Problem by RICHARD COURANT and HERBERT ROBBINS The Periodic Law and Mendeléeff: Commentary 11. Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements by DMITRI MENDELÉEFF 12. Mendeléeff by BERNARD JAFFE Gregor Mendel: Commentary 13. Mathematics of Heredity by GREGOR MENDEL J. B. S. Haldane: Commentary 14. On Being the Right Size by J. B. S. HALDANE 15. Mathematics of Natural Selection by J. B. S. HALDANCE Erwin Schrödinger: Commentary 16. Heredity and the Quantum Theory by ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson: Commentary 17. On Magnitude by D'ARCY WENTWORTH THOMPSON Uncertainty: Commentary 18. The Uncertainty Principle by WERNER HEISENBERG 19. Causality and Wave Mechanics by ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington: Commentary 20. The Constants of Nature by SIR ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON 21. The New Law of Gravitation and the Old Law by SIR ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON Commentary 22. The Theory of Relativity by CLEMENT V. DURELLPART VI: Mathematics and Social Science The Founder of Psychophysics: Commentary 1. Gustav Theodor Fechner by EDWIN G. BORING Sir Francis Galton: Commentary 2. Classification of Men According to Their Natural Gifts by SIR FRANCIS GALTON Thomas Robert Malthus: Commentary 3. Mathematics of Population and Food by THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS "Cournot, Jevons, and the Mathematics of Money: Commentary" 4. Mathematics of Value and Demand by AUGUSTIN COURNOT 5. Theory of Political Economy by WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS A Distinguished Quaker and War: Commentary 6. Mathematics of War and Foreign Politics by LEWIS FRY RICHARDSON 7. Statistics of Deadly Quarrels by LEWIS FRY RICHARDSON The Social Application of Mathematics: Commentary 8. The Theory of Economic Behavior by LEONID HURWICZ 9. Theory of Games by S. VAJDA 10. Sociology Learns the Language of Mathematics by ABRAHAM KAPLANPART VII: The Laws of Chance Pierre Simon de Laplace: Commentary 1. Concerning Probability by PIERRE SIMON DE LAPLACE 2. The Red and the Black by CHARLES SANDERS PIERCE 3. The Probability of Induction by CHARLES SANDER PIERCE Lord Keynes: Commentary 4. The Applicant of Probability to Conduct by JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES An Absent-minded Genius and the Laws of Chance: Commentary 1374 5. Chance by HENRI POINCARÉ Ernest Nagel and the Laws of Probability: Commentary 6. The Meaning of Probability by ERNEST NAGELINDEX
Synopsis
Vol. 2 of a monumental 4-volume 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 by Galileo Galilei, Gregor Mendel, Thomas Robert Malthus, and many more. Includes numerous figures., Vol. 2 of a monumental 4-volume 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 Galileo Galilei; "Mathematics of Heredity," by Gregor Mendel; "Mathematics of Population and Food," by Thomas Robert Malthus, and many more. Informative commentary by noted mathematics scholar James R. Newman precedes each essay. Numerous figures., Vol. 2 of a monumental 4-volume set covers mathematics and the physical world, mathematics and social science, and the laws of chance, with non-technical essays by eminent mathematicians, economists, scientists, and others.
LC Classification Number
QA7.W67 2000

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