NIEWENGLOWSKI B.
COURS DE GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE, 3 TOMES, A L'USAGE DE LA CLASSE DE MATHEMATIQUES SPECIALES ET DES CANDIDATS AUX ECOLES DU GOUVERNEMENT
Gauthier-Villars & Cie. 1894-1896. In-4. Broché. Etat d'usage, Tâchée, Dos fané, Intérieur acceptable. 483 pages pour le tome I, 292 pages pour le tome II et 572 pages pour le tome III. Papier et étiquettes de code collés sur les dos. Tampons et annotations d'institution religieuse sur les 1ers plats et en pages de titre. Dos fortement tachés. 1er plat du tome I fortement déchiré.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO40142694
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NIEWENGLOWSKI B.
COURS DE GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE, A L'USAGE DES ELEVES DE LA CLASSE DE MATHEMATIQUES SPECIALES ET DES CANDIDATS AUX ECOLES DU GOUVERNEMENT, 3 TOMES
Gauthier-Villars. 1894-1896. In-8 Carré. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos à nerfs. Quelques rousseurs. 483 pages pour le tome I, 292 pages pour le tome II, et 572 pages pour le tome III. Auteur, titre, tomaison et filets dorés sur les dos. Etiquettes de code sur les dos. Tampons d'institution religieuse en pages de titre. Dos légèrement frottés. Tome 1: Sections coniques. Tome II: Construction de courbes planes, Compléments relatifs aux coniques. Tome III: Géométrie dans l'espace, avec une note sur les transformations en Géométrie, par Emile Borel (Lille).
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NIEWENGLOWSKI B.
COURS DE GEOMETRIE ANALYTIQUE, A L'USAGE DES ELEVES DE LA CLASSE DE MATHEMATIQUES SPECIALES ET DES CANDIDATS AUX ECOLES DU GOUVERNEMENT, 3 TOMES
Gauthier-Villars. 1894-1896. In-8. Relié demi-cuir. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos à nerfs, Quelques rousseurs. 483 pages pour le tome I, 292 pages pour le tome II, et 572 pages pour le tome III. Auteur, titre, tomaison et filets dorés sur les dos. Etiquettes de code sur les dos. Tampons d'institution religieuse en pages de titre. Dos légèrement frottés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 372.7-Livre scolaire : mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO40143665
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NIEWENGLOWSKI B.
Deuxième année de géométrie.
Delagrave.. 1911. In-12. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Rousseurs. 154 pages. Tampon sur la page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 372.7-Livre scolaire : mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO70020843
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Niewenglowski B.
Questions d'Arithmétique
Vuibert. 1927. In-8. Broché. Etat passable, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos abîmé, Papier jauni. 224 pages. Rares rousseurs.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO30328136
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°1 (octobre 1892)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1982. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. 16 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261699
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°10 (juillet 1893)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1893. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Quelques rousseurs. Pages 146 à 160. Second plat manquant, premier plat désolidarisé.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261707
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°11 (août 1893)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1893. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Couv. défraîchie, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. Pages 162 à 176.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261708
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°2 (novembre 1892)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1982. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. Pages 18 à 32. Plats désolidarisés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261700
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°3 (décembre 1892
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1892. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. Pages 34 à 48. Plats désolidarisés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261701
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°4 (janvier 1893)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1893. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. Pages 50 à 64. Plats désolidarisés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261702
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°5 (février 1893)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1893. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. Pages 66 à 80. Plats désolidarisés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261703
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°6 (mars 1893)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1893. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. Pages 82 à 96. Second plat manquant, premier plat désolidarisé.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261704
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°7 (avril 1893)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1893. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Papier jauni. Pages 98 à 112. Plats désolidarisés.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261705
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Niewenglowski M. B.
Revue de Mathématiques Spéciales, 3e année, n°8 (mai 1893)
Librairie Nony & Cie. 1893. In-4. En feuillets. Etat d'usage, Livré sans Couverture, Dos satisfaisant, Rousseurs. Pages 114 à 128.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : RO80261706
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NIEWENGLOWSKI, B.
Cours de Géometrie Analytique. Troisieme - Deuxieme Edition. 3 Vols. (1. Sections Coniques. 2. Construction des Courbes Planes - Complements relatifs aux coniques. - Courbes definies par des équations différentielles. 2 vols [out of 3].
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, (1894-) 1926. Royal8vo. 2 volumes, both in the original blank wrappers. VI,496 328 pp.
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NIEWENGLOWSKI, B.
Cours de Géometrie Analytique. Troisieme - Deuxieme Edition. 3 Vols. (1. Sections Coniques. 2. Construction des Courbes Planes - Complements relatifs aux coniques. - Courbes definies par des équations différentielles. 2 vols [out of 3].
Paris, Gauthier-Villars, (1894-) 1926. Royal8vo. 2 volumes, both in the original blank wrappers. VI,496 328 pp.
书商的参考编号 : 56930
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Nigel Bufton
Exploring mathematics with microcomputers MEP Readers
Council for Educational Technology on behalf of the Microelectronics Education Programme 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN:086184162X Council for Educational Technology on behalf of the Microelectronics Education Programme paperback
书商的参考编号 : 7959996 ???????? : 086184162X 9780861841622
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Nigel Bufton
Exploring mathematics with microcomputers MEP Readers
Council for Educational Technology on behalf of the Microelectronics Education Programme 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item300grams ISBN:086184162X Council for Educational Technology on behalf of the Microelectronics Education Programme paperback
书商的参考编号 : 6762194 ???????? : 086184162X 9780861841622
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Nigel Cutland
Nonstandard Analysis and its Applications London Mathematical Society Student Texts
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1988. Book. Good. Paperback. First Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Small plain label inside cover.Letter J stamped on title page. Cambridge University Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 056303 ???????? : 0521359473 9780521359474
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Nigel Green
MEI Statistics 3 2ED: v. 3 MEI Structured Mathematics AAS Level Volume 3
Hodder Education 2000. Volume 3. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN:9780340771990 Hodder Education paperback
书商的参考编号 : 7378889 ???????? : 0340771992 9780340771990
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Nigel P. Smart
The Algorithmic Resolution of Diophantine Equations: A Computational Cookbook London Mathematical Society Student Texts
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 1998. Book. Very Good. Paperback. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. N.B. Plain label to inside front cover. Crease to bottom corner of front cover. Cambridge University Press Paperback
书商的参考编号 : 054657 ???????? : 0521646332 9780521646338
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Nigel Peace
Discovering Mathematics: Bk. 2: Investigations and Projects
Nelson Thornes Ltd 1988. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item400grams ISBN:9780333422977 Nelson Thornes Ltd paperback
书商的参考编号 : 3892415 ???????? : 033342297x 9780333422977
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NII 2000 Steering Committee Commission on Physical Sciences Mathematics and Applications National Research Council Coun Na
White Papers the Unpredictable Certainty Information Infrastructure Through 2000
National Academies Press. Used - Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. National Academies Press unknown
书商的参考编号 : GRP75922880 ???????? : 0309060362 9780309060363
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NII 2000 Steering Committee; Mathematics and Applications Commission on Physical Sciences; National Research Council; Natl Rese
White Papers the Unpredictable Certainty Information Infrastructure Through 2000
National Academies Press 1997-01-15. Paperback. Good. National Academies Press paperback
书商的参考编号 : SONG0309060362 ???????? : 0309060362 9780309060363
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Nijenhuis Albert; Herbert S. Wilf
Combinatorial Algorithms.
New York Academic Press 1975 hardcover. Hardcover 253 pages. Condition: very good minus owner name blacked out plus another on edge; some marks. ISBN 0125192509 Academic Press hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 33916 ???????? : 0125192509 9780125192507
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Nikiforov Arnold F. and Vasilii B. Uvarov Translated by Ralph P. Boas
Special Functions of Mathematical Physics: A Unified Introduction with Applications
Birkhauser. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0817631836 . Gray papercovered boards surround a crisp clean tight apparently unread copy ENTIRELY FREE OF MARKS. DJ is crisp with a trace of edge and corner wear and has one half inch closed tear to the head of teh spine area only protected in an acid free mylar cover. A truly near new copy! . Birkhauser hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 9403 ???????? : 0817631836 9780817631833
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Niklitschek (Alexander)
Im Zaubergarten der Mathematik
Scherl Malicorne sur Sarthe, 72, Pays de la Loire, France 1939 Book condition, Etat : Très bon relié, toile In-8 1 vol. - 250 pages
书商的参考编号 : 2454
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Niklitschek (Alexander),
L'attrait des mathématiques, traduction et préface de L. Lamorlette
Payot, Bibliothèque Scientifique 1946 83 figures dans le texte broché In-8 ,1 vol.- 255 pp. main chapters : secret du thermomètre - quelques nombres fantômes - multiplication de sorcières - baguette magique - nous présentons : monsieur Cosinus - langue des mathématiques - représentation graphique - qui a donc peur du calcul intégral - du défaut, de l'inégalité, de l'excès, et d'un cercle à 3 angles - combat contre infini - sphère et pseudosphère - chose qui n'a qu'un côté - affres de la quatrième dimension - dernières notes
书商的参考编号 : 3668
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NIKLITSCHEK Alexandre
L'ATTRAIT DES MATHEMATIQUES
PAYOT Bibliothèque Scientifique. 1946. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Manque en coiffe de pied, Intérieur acceptable. 255 pages, illustrées de 83 figures en noir et blanc dans le texte. Quelques traces de crayon à l'intérieur. Dos frotté, coiffes abîmées.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : R160013296
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NIKLITSCHEK Alexandre
L'ATTRAIT DES MATHEMATIQUES
1946 broché (paperback) in-octavo, dos marron clair défraîchi (brown spine lightly damaged) , couverture imprimée (cover printed), tranches lisses (edges smooth), illustrations : 83 figures in texte (pictures in text), 255 pages, 1946 à Paris Payot Editeur,
书商的参考编号 : 8462
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NIKLITSCHEK ALEXANDRE
L'ATTRAIT DES MATHEMATIQUES / COLLECTION Bibliothèque Scientifique.
PAYOT. 1946. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 255 pages augmentées de 83 figures en noir et blanc in texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : R320057463
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Niklitschek, Alexander
Im Zaubergarten der Mathematik
Berlin, Scherl, 11.-15. Tausend, 3. Auflage, (1939). Leinen, ca. DinA 5, 250 Seiten, 90 sw-Zeichnungen im Text, farbig illustrierter Originalumschlag / Schutzumschlag / OU (stark fehlerhaft, eingerissen u.v.m.), Einband mit minimalen Gebrauchsspuren, Schnitt und Seiten papierbedingt gebräunt, 2 Seiten durch eine Beilage stärker gebräunt/verfärbt, abgesehen vom Umschlag gut erhalten / guter Zustand [5 Warenabbildungen]
书商的参考编号 : 34536mt
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Nikodym OM. O. M.
The Mathematical Apparatus For Quantum-Theories: Based On The Theory Of Boolean Lattices
Springer-Verlag 1966. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1950grams ISBN: Springer-Verlag hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 7200416
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Nikodym Otton Martin
The Mathematical Apparatus for Quantum - Theories : Based on the Theory of Boolean Lattices
New York:: Springer - Verlag New York Inc. 1966. Inner hinges are perfect. Corners are NOT bumped. WITHDRAWN stamp and a few other library markings on the endpapers. Text pages are clean crisp and unmarked. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. English text. Bibliographical references 101 are listed. Index. From the preface: "The purpose of this book is to give the theoretical physicist a geometrical visual and precise mathematical apparatus which would be better adapted to some of their arguments than the existing and generally applied methods. The theories presented in this book are based on the theory of Boolean lattices whose elements are closed subspaces in the separable and complete Hilbert-Hermite-space." Bound in the original yellow cloth lettered in black on the spine and front cover. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen mit besonderer Ber�cksichtigung der Anwendungsgebiete Band 129. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good EX-LIBRARY./No dust jacket. 8vo. xi 952pp. Springer - Verlag New York Inc. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 007198
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Nikodym Otton Martin
The Mathematical Apparatus for Quantum-Theories: Based on the Theory of Boolean Lattices
Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag 1964. Classic comprehensive text provides a simplified generalized and applied theory of maximal normal operators in Hilbert -space; especially to the theory of multiplicity of the continuous spectrum and to permutable normal operators characterized as orthogonal eigen-vectors and complex eigen-values. 952 pgs. Minor rubbing to corners some shelfwear. Prior owner's name whited-out on endpaper. NOTE: Heavy Item. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/ . 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Springer-Verlag Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : MA-64
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NIKODYM Otton
Sur l'existence d'une mesure parfaitement additive et non séparable
29pp., 25cm., dans la série "Académie royale de Belgique. Classe des sciences. Mémoires. Collection in-8°" tome 17 fasc.8, br.orig., non coupé, bel état, W73019
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NIKODYM Otton
Sur l'existence d'une mesure parfaitement additive et non séparable
Bruxelles, Palais des Académies 1938 29pp., 25cm., dans la série "Académie royale de Belgique. Classe des sciences. Mémoires. Collection in-8°" tome 17 fasc.8, br.orig., non coupé, bel état, W73019
书商的参考编号 : W73019
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Nikol Friedrich und Walter Miehle:
Mathematik Reifepr�fungsaufgaben mit ausf�hrlichen L�sungen 1970-1974. 1. Band: Vorpr�fung der 12. Klasse mit Benotungsvorschlag auf Seite 134 2. Band: Reifepr�fung der 13. Klasse an den Math.-naturw. Gymnasien. Manz-Lernhilfen 1. Auflage / 2 B�nde in einem Buch
Manz Verlag M�nchen 1975. Manz Verlag, M�nchen, 1975. unknown
书商的参考编号 : 246113
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Nikol'skij, N.K
Issledovanija po linejnym operatoram i teorii funkcij. Tl. 3.
Leningrad, 1972. 180 S. Brosch. (Zapiski naucnych semin. LOMI 30)
书商的参考编号 : 150498
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Niles, Nathan O.
Modern Technical Mathematics
… Hardcover, very good condition, w. v. ltly slanted, v. ltly compressed sp, v. ltly bumped corners. Ltly tanned p. edges. Clean, tight, unmarked. Dj g., ltly rubbed, sme lt marks. Lt edgwr--bumping sm tears, chpng. Lt tanning on flaps ins. In new mylar B
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Nils O. Olesten
Numerical Control
John Wiley & Sons Inc 1970. This book has hardback covers. Privately owned With usual stamps and markings In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. John Wiley & Sons Inc hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 3853803 ???????? : 0471653365 9780471653363
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Nilsson, Joakim
Offentlighetens tribunal : drevkarlar och demokrati
Small red quarto; 177 p, b&w illus Inscribed & signed by author. || In Swedish. || Scarce; only 1 holding & 1 record to WorldCat. || Mathematics.
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NIMIER JACQUES
MATHEMATIQUE ET AFFECTIVITE / COLLECTION LAURENCE PERNOUD.
STOCK. 1976. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 244 pages - Bandeau Editeur conservé.. . . . Classification Dewey : 510-Mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : R320057349
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Ninio, Jacques
La Science Des Illusions
Paris: , 1998. Broché. As New. Smal 4to. 207 pp
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Nipher, F.E
The Law of Contraction of Gaseous Nebulae.
St. Louis, 1903. M. 1 graph. Darst. u. mehr. Tab. u. Formeln. S. 143-164. OU. m. St. u. Sign. Unaufgeschn. Ex. (Trans. of The Acad. of Science of St. Louis 13,5).
书商的参考编号 : 245797
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NIQUET GILBERTE.
LE MONDE DU LANGAGE / ACTIVITES ET TRAVAUX / ENSEIGNEMENT DE SOUTIEN / CLASSES DE 6è ET COLLEGES.
HACHETTE CLASSIQUE. 1977. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 47 pages agrafées - A compléter.. . . . Classification Dewey : 372.7-Livre scolaire : mathématiques
书商的参考编号 : R320010507 ???????? : 2010038738
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Nirenberg Ricardo L.
Uncountable: A Philosophical History of Number and Humanity from Antiquity to the Present
8vo, hardcover in dj, 420pp. David Nirenberg is dean of the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, where he also teaches in the Committee of Social Thought and the Department of History. His books include Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition; Neighboring Faiths: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism in the Middle Ages and Today; and Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages. After doing research in mathematics for a dozen years, David&;s father, Ricardo L. Nirenberg, turned to his other calling: philosophy and literature. He has published numerous essays, short fiction, and the novels Cry Uncle and Wave Mechanics: a Love Story. He is the founder and editor of the literary journal. Often enough over these past three thousand years, we humans have pursued these divisions to the death, clashing over differences of opinion about what we should know and how we should know it. We are not talking here only of the many clashes between different religions and cultures of knowledge in the distant past. Even the two world wars of the twentieth century were understood by many who lived through them as the consequence of bad choices about what kinds of knowledge to pursue. World War I, for example, was explained by leading European and American intellectuals as the result of mathematics gone bad, an inhuman fusion of arithmetic and geometry that destroyed Western civilization... Plenty of ideologues found it easy enough to cast the Cold War as a struggle between two different theories of knowledge, &;Marxism&; and &;liberalism,&; &;determinism&; and &;freedom.&; Perhaps future generations will come to see the current arguments about the human impact on climate change as yet another chapter in this long history of humanity&;s division over the nature of knowledge. Today, mathematical forms of knowledge&;computation, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, for example&;touch many more aspects of the world than they did in the first half of the twentieth century, or, indeed, in any previous period of this planet&;s history. Divisions between types of knowledge, such as those between the humanities and the sciences&;&;the two cultures,&; as C. P. Snow dubbed them in the year 1959&;are if anything deeper than they have ever been. Yet unlike our predecessors from a century ago, few people today&;except perhaps panicked humanities professors who feel their habitat melting away beneath their feet&;would consider these divisions deeply threatening. Even fewer would claim that understanding them is in some way essential to humanity. We are not writing an Apocalypse. Ours is an attempt to understand these millennial divisions so that we might better live with them. How has humanity pitted its various powers of thought so fiercely against itself? And why have the truth claims of numerical relations emerged so powerful from this conflict? Achieving this understanding is a historical task, and the first half of this book set out to provide that history. In chapters ranging from ancient Greek philosophy and the rise of monotheistic religions to the emergence of modern physics and economics, we trace how ideals, practices, and habits of thought formed over millennia have turned number into the foundation stone of human claims to knowledge and certainty... Learning to live humanely with these divisions is the goal of the second half of this book. These divisions and conflicts of our faculties and our knowledge are not necessary ones. The fragments of our humanity can be brought together in different ways, even in ways that might be truer to basic aspects of the questions we want to ask and the objects we want to know, truer even to our own human being. This book is therefore not only a history. It is also a philosophical and poetic exhortation for humanity to take responsibility for that history, for the knowledge it has produced, and for the many aspects of the world and of humanity that it ignores or endangers. We seek to convince you that how we humans think about our knowledge has deep consequences for how we live our lives and that we need to become more conscious of the first if we wish to change the second&; The discovery and mathematization of repetition and periodicity in the movements of the sun, moon, planets, and even of the stars that so densely packed the preindustrial skies gave many ancient societies a sense that they could project the past into the future: a comforting predictive power in a vast and variable cosmos. Long before written record we find the constellation we call Orion painted by Paleolithic hands on the cave walls of Lascaux. And on the cuneiform tablets of the first Mesopotamian scribes, the verb to count was applied to the skies in the production of astral omens... Today oneirology (the science of dreams) is scarcely a word. The study of magic is confined to anthropologists, historians, or &;the ignorant.&; Astronomy, however, is beneficiary of billions in annual investment from science foundations and is a monument to the ability of the human mind to make some sense of the structure of the universe. The point here is not that knowledge has progressed. (When it comes to dreams, it may even be that a certain kind of self- knowledge has been lost by not attending to them.) Our point is rather that the form of attention we today call scientific has been oriented toward certain kinds of sameness&;in this case formalizable, axiomatic, mathematical&;and not toward others. There are many reasons why this is the case. But one, noted already by the Roman natural philosopher Pliny, writing some two thousand years ago, is that mathematical astronomy provided some seemingly stable powers of prediction about an otherwise overwhelming universe... Pliny thought mathematical astronomers praiseworthy because they derived procedures through which they could predict the movements of the planetary deities, thereby binding &;gods.&; And to the degree that the planets were thought to determine the fate of a person, a science (today we call this astrology, not astronomy) capable of predicting the future position of the planets also offers knowledge about human fate, thereby binding &;men.&; The Aztecs provide a different astronomical example, instructive because it reminds us of the contingency of certainty and the tenacity of fear. They were sophisticated astronomers, but they believed (as did the ancient Egyptians) that the system that kept the sun appearing regularly in the sky was unstable and that the sun might someday fail to rise if humans did not do their part by making offerings to the gods... How could anyone think that human action (let alone sacrifice) is necessary to ensure the dawn? What could be more certain from our experience than the sun&;s rising? And yet the Aztecs were not wrong in worrying about their knowledge of the sunrise. Their refusal to deduce future certainty from previous dawns is defensible in the most sophisticated probabilistic terms. As solar system dynamicists today would tell us, the system is unstable. Yet we moderns expend very little of our still considerable religious energy in keeping the solar system going. Again, the point is not that the Aztecs were bad scientists or that we moderns should be more worried about the sunrise. Our point is simply that the desire for certainty can lead us to extend&;often inappropriately, sometimes disastrously&;lessons, methods, and sciences of sameness from one domain of knowledge into another where perhaps they do not apply.
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Nishimura, K.G
Imperfect competition, differential information, a. microfoundations of macroeconomics.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1992. VIII, 231 S. Bibl.-Lwd. m. Rtit. u. Deckelsign. St. u. Tekt. a. Innendeckel. St. verso Tit.
书商的参考编号 : 141666
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Nishina Memorial Foundation
Proceedings of the International Meeting on Transition to "New Type of Ordered Phase" Sept. 11-13 1982 Kansai Seminar House Kyoto Japan
Tokyo Japan: Physical Society of Japan. 1983. Hardcover 1983 library bound edition. Ex-library book with stamps and labels attached. Binding firm. Pages unmarked and clean. Laminated covers and text in very good condition. Supplement to Journal of the Physical Society of Japan Volume 52 1983 254 pages. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Physical Society of Japan. Hardcover
书商的参考编号 : 013278
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