Mathematics

New York: Barnes & Noble Books,. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1993. Hard Cover. 0880294183 . 200, [2] pages, well illustrated, diagrams, cloth, dj, very good. From the dust jacket: "In this lucid, wide-ranging book, Petr Beckmann traces the perilous journey of pi - the little number with huge implications for advanced mathematical functions - from its Babylonian creation to its use by the Greeks in measuring the earth to some medieval attempts to eradicate those who pursued it to its crucial role in modern computation. Beckmann reveals this journey to be nothing less than a mirror of human history. He tells of the time when pi made progress, and also when it was stifled by militarism and religious fanaticism. . more information

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New York: Simon and Schuster. Good. 1966. Fifth Printing. Softcover. Xviii, 590, [1] pages, cloth, ex-library with usual library markings otherwise very good. Fifth paperback printing. From the acknowledgments: For the principal dates and leading facts in the life of a particular man I have consulted the obituary notices of the moderns) ; these are found in the proceedings of the learned societies of which the man in question was a member. Other details of interest are given in the correspondence between mathematicians and in their collected works. " M1114; Ex-Library; 590 pages . more information

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Boston,: Robert S. Davis & Co. ,. 1862. Hard Cover. "New electrotype edition with additions and improvements." 444 pages, cloth covers worn, writing and mathematical notes on endpapers. . more information

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Boston,: Robert S. Davis & Co. ,. 1857. Hard Cover. "New electrotype edition with additions and improvements." 444 pages, cloth covers well worn, piece of back-strip missing from bottom, some old writing and mathematical notes on endpapers, some foxing. . more information

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Scranton: Colliery Engineer Co.. Very Good. 1898. Hard Cover. 4 volumes (2954 pages) , plates, thousands of text illustrations and diagrams, half leather, very good. 4 volumes only. From the preface: "We decided to issue a new edition of all the Instruction and Question Papers of our various Technical Courses, which should be uniform in style and type, and suitable for publication in book form. The volumes for the present Course, the Electrical Engineering (formerly the Mechanical-Electrical) , are seven in number: Volume I contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Arithmetic, Algebra, Logarithms, Geometry and Trigonometry, Elementary Mechanics, Hydromechanics, Pneumatics, and Heat. Volume II contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Steam Engines, Strength of Materials, Applied Mechanics, and Steam Boilers. Volume III contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Machine Design, Principles of Electricity and Magnetism, Electrical Measurements, Batteries, and Applied Electricity. Volume IV contains the Instruction and Question Papers on Electric Transmission, Electric Railways, Electric Lighting, and Dynamo-Electric Machine Design (Continuous Current) , Motor Design (Continuous-Current) , Theory of Alternating-Current Apparatus, Design of Alternating-Current Apparatus. ~ In preparing this edition, we have thoroughly revised the Papers which originally constituted the Course, and have brought everything up to date. The Paper formerly known as Power Transmission has been taken out and replaced by the Paper entitled Electric Transmission. The Papers entitled Electric Railways and Electric Lighting have been added to the Course. " MBW14; 2954 pages . more information

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Scranton: Colliery Engineer Co.. Very Good. 1898. Hard Cover. 177, viii pages, tables, half leather, very good. This volume contains all the principles Tables and Formulas which are likely to be used by the student in practice. They have been collected and placed in this volume in order to make them convenient for ready reference, so that the student will not be obliged to hunt them out in the preceding volumes. " MBW12; 177 pages . more information

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Scranton: International Textbook Company. Very Good. 1907. Hard Cover. "International Library of Technology; a series of textbooks for persons engaged in the engineering professions and trades, or for those who desire information concerning them. Fully illustrated and containing numerous practical examples and their solutions. " Various pagination (approximately 400 pages) , well illustrated, diagrams, maps, tables, half leather, marbled endpapers, very good. MBW7 . more information

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Scranton: International Textbook Company. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. Various pagination (circa 300 pages) , well illustrated, diagrams, cloth, very good. The number 49 appears at the bottom of the title page as well as the back of the title page. "A series of textbooks prepared for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent from the instruction papers, examination questions, and keys used in their various courses. " From the preface: "In preparing these textbooks, it has been our constant endeavor to view the matter from the student's standpoint, and try to anticipate everything that would cause him trouble. " M2468 . more information

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Scranton: International Textbook Company. Very Good. 1905. Hardcover. Various pagination (circa 500 pages) , well illustrated, diagrams, cloth, very good. The number 39 appears at the bottom of the title page as well as the back of the title page. "A series of textbooks prepared for the students of the International Correspondence Schools and containing in permanent from the instruction papers, examination questions, and keys used in their various courses. " From the preface: "In preparing these textbooks, it has been our constant endeavor to view the matter from the student's standpoint, and try to anticipate everything that would cause him trouble. " M2469 . more information

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Scranton: International Textbook Company. Very Good. 1900. Hard Cover. Various pagination (approximately 500 pages) , illustrations, diagrams, half leather, very good. Scarce. . more information

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Scranton: International Textbook Company. Very Good. 1904. Hard Cover. Various pagination (approximately 400 pages) , tables, half leather, very good. From the preface: "The three volumes composing this set constitute a very thorough and practical course of instruction for mechanical draftsmen. Each volume treats a special phase of the general subject, one relating to drawing, another to mathematics, and the third to mechanics and machine design. " One volume only. MBW14 . more information

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New York: Oxford University Press,. Very Good. 1953. Hard Cover. xvi,484 pages, 8 plates, cloth, very good. From the foreword by R. Courant: "Together with H. Robbins I attempted in What Is Mathematics? to discuss the meaning of mathematics. For some time I have followed with great interest Professor Morris Kline's work on the present book. I believe that it will prove a major contribution and help to bring the mathematical sciences closer to people who have not as yet appreciated the fascination and scope of the subject." . more information

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New York: W. H. Freeman and Co.. Very Good. 1981. Soft Cover. 071671244X . 591 pages, diagrams, pictorial wrappers, fine. . more information

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Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. ,. Very Good. 1968. Hard Cover. Viii, 264 pages, cloth, very good. From the preface: "This book is designed to present a course in pure mathematics for the nonmathematician." Addison-Wesley series in introductory mathematics. . more information

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