Archive for History of Exact Sciences : Volumes 1- 2 [1960-1965]

Truesdell, C. (Clifford) [1919- 2000] ; editor :

Published by Springer-Verlag 1960-1965, 1960

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24x16cm, 527+575 pages., TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE. Weighs 1.85 kilos. Light spotting to covers. Ex-library. Bound in library buckram, with rubberstamps & bookplates. Good. Classification numbers to spine. Articles include [vol. 1] Nicole Oresme and the commensurability or incommensurability of the celestial motions; Cartesian dynamics; Max Planck and the beginnings of quantum theory; Classical optics as a mathemartical science; The ritual origin of geometry; Ausgleichspunkt 'Methode der Perser' und indische Planetenerechnung; Patterns of mathematical thought in the later seventeenth century; [vol. 2] The practica geometriae of Dominicus de Clavasio; Bolzano's theory of real numbers; Newton and the law of gravitation; The ritual origin of counting; The sixty system of Sumer; etc. Seller Inventory # 015655

Bibliographic Details

Title: Archive for History of Exact Sciences : ...

Publisher: Springer-Verlag 1960-1965

Publication Date: 1960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good