Spirals: From Theodorus to Chaos
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ISBN: 1568810105 / Publisher: A K Peters/CRC Press, January 1993
Inspired by the Hendrick Lectures of the 75th anniversary of the Mathematical Association of America...
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Inspired by the Hendrick Lectures of the 75th anniversary of the Mathematical Association of America. Although loosely organized around the study of a differential equation that Davis dubs Theodorus of Cyrene, the book takes an eclectic whirlwind tour of history, philosophy, anecdote, and mathematics. The first third is devoted to the Hendrick Lectures, the second to technical developments, and the final third is historical supplements from Plato, Archimedes, Torricelli, Bernoulli, and others. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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