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The World of Mathematics
James Roy Newman
出版Courier Corporation, 2000-01-01
主題Mathematics / ReferenceMathematics / General
ISBN04864115089780486411507
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=se5iE4DMPioC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.