Archive for History of Exact Sciences : Volumes 5- 6 [1968-1970]

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

Published by Springer-Verlag 1968-1970, 1968

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24x16cm, 416 + 400 pages., TWO VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE. Weighs 1.5 kilos. Light spotting to covers. Ex-library. Bound in library buckram, with rubberstamps & bookplates. Good.Classification numbers to spine. Articles include [vol. 5] A history of random processes: I : Brownian movement from Brown to Perrin; Geschichte der Wellenmechanik; Die Algebra der Babylonier; The theory of pinhole images from antiquity to the thirteenth century; Another look at Greek geometrical analysis; Der mathematiker Abraham de Moivre (1667-1754); The date of invention of Babylonian planetary theory [vol. 6] Metaphysical derivations of a law of refraction: Damianos and Grosseteste; The discovery of diffraction of x-rays by crystals; A critique of the myths; Bolzano, Cauchy and the 'new analysis' of the early nineteenth century; Rabbi Levi Ben Gershon and the origins of mathematical induction; Newton's views on aether and gravitation; etc. Seller Inventory # 031936

Bibliographic Details

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

Publisher: Springer-Verlag 1968-1970

Publication Date: 1968

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good