The World of Mathematics, Volume 2

by James R. Newman

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Vol. 2 of a monumental 4-volume set covers mathematics and the physical world, mathematics and social science, and the laws of chance, with non-technical essays by eminent mathematicians, economists, scientists, and others.

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Bernoulli, Daniel (Contributor)
Boring, Edwin G. (Contributor)
Boys, C. Vernon (Contributor)
Bragg, William Henry (Contributor)
Brown, Lloyd A. (Contributor)
Courant, Richard (Contributor)
Cournot, Augustin (Contributor)
Durell, Clement V. (Contributor)
Eddington, Arthur Stanley (Contributor)
Galilei, Galileo (Contributor)
Galton, Francis (Contributor)
Haldane, J. B. S. (Contributor)
Heisenberg, Werner (Contributor)
Hurwicz, Leonid (Contributor)
Jaffe, Bernard (Contributor)
Jevons, William Stanley (Contributor)
Jones, Harold Spencer (Contributor)
Kaplan, Abraham (Contributor)
Keynes, John Maynard (Contributor)
Laplace, Pierre Simon de (Contributor)
Le Corbeiller, Philippe (Contributor)
Malthus, T. R. (Contributor)
Mendel, Gregor (Contributor)
Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich (Contributor)
Menger, Karl (Contributor)
Moseley, H. G. J. (Contributor)
Nagel, Ernest (Contributor)
Pierce, Charles Sanders (Contributor)
Poincaré, Henri (Contributor)
Richardson, Lewis Fry (Contributor)
Robbins, Herbert (Contributor)
Schrödinger, Erwin (Contributor)
Thompson, D'Arcy Wentworth (Contributor)
Vajda, Steven (Contributor)

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The World of Mathematics
James R. Newman
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The World of Mathematics, Volume 2
Original publication date
1956

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Nonfiction, Science & Nature, History, General Nonfiction
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510 — Natural sciences & mathematics Mathematics Mathematics / Graphs
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QA3 .N48 — Science Mathematics Mathematics General
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