Author Last Name,
Author First Name,
Pages,
Binding,
Edition,
ISBN 10,
ISBN 13,
Condition,
Publisher,
Date Published,
Specifications
Author Last Name:
Kline
Author First Name:
Morris
Pages:
641
Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
reprint
ISBN 10:
048646329X
ISBN 13:
9780486463292
Condition:
Used
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Date Published:
1/1/0001
Genre:
Science
Description
"Practical, scientific, philosophical & artistic problems have caused men to investigate mathematics. But there is one other motive which is as strong as any of these-the search for beauty. Mathematics is an art, & as such affords the pleasures which all the arts afford."--The AuthorPrefaceWhy mathematics?A historical orientationLogic & mathematicsNumber: the fundamental conceptAlgebra, the higher arithmeticThe nature & uses of Euclidean geometryCharting the earth & the heavensThe mathematical order of natureThe awakening of EuropeMathematics & painting in the RenaissanceProjective geometryCoordinate geometryThe simplest formulas in actionParametric equations & curvilinear motionThe application of formulas to gravitationThe differential calculusThe integral calculusTrigonometric functions & oscillatory motionThe trigonometric analysis of musical soundsNon-Euclidean geometries & their significanceArithmetics & their algebrasThe statistical approach to the social & biological sciencesThe theory of probabilityThe nature & values of mathematicsTable of Trigonometic RatiosAnswers to Selected & Review ExercisesAdditional Answers & SolutionsIndex
