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ISBN
9780486411514
Book Title
World of Mathematics
Book Series
Dover Books on Mathematics Ser.
Item Length
8.4 in
Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication Year
2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Author
James R. Newman
Genre
Mathematics, Juvenile Nonfiction
Topic
Reference, Mathematics / General
Item Width
5.4 in
Item Weight
26.5 Oz
Number of Pages
624 Pages

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Vol. 3 of a monumental 4-volume set covers such topics as statistics and the design of experiments, group theory, the mathematics of infinity, the unreasonableness of mathematics, the vocabulary of mathematics, and more.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486411516
ISBN-13
9780486411514
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1722770

Product Key Features

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

Dimensions

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

Additional Product Features

Series Volume Number
3
Lc Classification Number
Qa7.W67 2000
Volume Number
Vol. 3
Table of Content
VOLUME THREEPART VIII: Statistics and the Design of Experiments An Ingenious Army Captain and a Generous and Many-sided Man: Commentary 1. Foundations of Vital Statistics by JOHN GRAUNT 2. First Life Insurance Tables by EDMUND HALLEY Commentary 3. The Law of Large Numbers by JACOB BERNOULLI Statistics and the Lady with a Fine Palate: Commentary 4. Sampling and Standard Error by L. C. Tippett 5. On the Average and Scatter by M. J. MORONEY 6. Mathematics of a Lady Tasting Tea by SIR RONALD. A FISHER The Scientific Aptitude of George Bernard Shaw: Commentary 7. The Vice of Gambling and the Virtue of Insurance by GEORGE BERNARD SHAWPART IX: The Supreme Art of Abstraction: Group Theory Certain Important Abstractions: Commentary 1. The Group Concept by CASSIUS J. KEYSER 2. The Theory of Groups by SIR ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTONPART X: Mathematics of Infinity1. Mathematics and the Metaphysicians by BERTRAND RUSSELLHans Han: Commentary 2. Infinity by HANS HAHNPART XI: Mathematical Truth and the Structure of Mathematics The Foundations of Mathematics: Commentary 1. On the Nature of Mathematical Truth by CARL G. HEMPEL 2. Geometry and Empirical Science by CARL G. HEMPEL 3. The Axiomatic Method by RAYMOND L. WILDER 4. Goedel's Proof by ERNEST NAGEL AND JAMES R. NEWMAN 5. A Mathematical Science by OSWALD VEBLEN and JOHN WESLEY YOUNG 6. Mathematics and the World by DOUGLAS GASKING 7 Mathematics Postulates and Human Understanding by RICHARD VON MISESPART XII: THE MATHEMATICAL Way of Thinking An Eristic Controversy: Commentary 1. The Study That Knows Nothing of Observation by JAMES JOSEPH SYLVESTER Charles Sanders Peirce: Commentary 2. The Essence of Mathematics by CHARLES SANDERS PEIRCE Ernst Mach: Commentary 3. The Economy of Science by ERNST MACH Norman Robet Campbell: Commentary 4. Measurement by NORMAN CAMPBELL 5. Numerical Laws and the Use of Mathematics in Science by NORMAN CAMPBELL Hermann Weyl: Commentary 6. The Mathematical Way of Thinking by HERMANN WEYLPART XIII: Mathematics and Logic "Symbolic Logic, George Boole and a Horrible Dream: Commentary " 1. Mathematical Analysis of Logic by GEORGE BOOLE 2. History of Symbolic Logic by CLARENCE IRVING LEWIS and COOPER HAROLD LANGFORD 3. "Symbolic Notation, Haddocks' Eyes and the Dog-Walking Ordinance by ERNEST NAGEL" 4. Symbolic Logic by ALFRED TARSKIPART XIV: The Unreasonableness of Mathematics The Importance of Being Absurd: Commentary 1. Paradox Lost and Paradox Regained by EDWARD KASNER AND JAMES R. NEWMAN 2. The Crisis in Intuition by HANS HAHNPART XV: How to Solve It The Tears of Mathematics: Commentary 1. How to Solve It by G. POLYAPART XVI: The Vocabulary of Mathemtics Double Infinite Rapport and Other Mathematical Jargon: Commentary 1. New Names for Old by EDWARD KASNER AND JAMES R. NEWMANPART XVII: Mathematics as an Art John William Navin Sullivan: Commentary 1. Mathematics as an Art by JOHN WILLIAM NAVIN SULLIVANINDEX
Copyright Date
2000
Target Audience
College Audience
Lccn
00-027006
Dewey Decimal
510
Dewey Edition
21

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