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The Facts on File calculus handbook / Eli Maor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Facts on File science and math handbooks | Facts on File science libraryPublication details: New York : Facts on File, c2003.Description: xii, 164 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 081604581X (acidfree paper)
Other title:
  • Calculus handbook
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 515 21
LOC classification:
  • QA303.2 .M36 2003
Contents:
The calculus: a historical introduction -- Section 1: Glossary -- Section 2: Biographies -- Section 3: Chronology -- Section 4: Charts & Tables.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 515 M296 Available 33111003996622
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Among the topics covered are: Absolute value, Binomial Theorem, Derivative, Exponential growth, Greatest integer function, Implicit differentiation, Integration, Law of Cosines, Linear function, Parabola, Polynomial functions, Second derivative, Velocity. Biographies include: Jakob Bernoulli (1654-1705) Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Eudoxus of Cnidus (ca. 408-355 BCE) Jean Baptiste Joseph Fourier (1768-1830) Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) Francois Viete (1540-1603) John Wallis (1616-1703).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160) and index.

The calculus: a historical introduction -- Section 1: Glossary -- Section 2: Biographies -- Section 3: Chronology -- Section 4: Charts & Tables.

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