
The Facts on File Calculus Handbook
Eli Maor(Author)
Facts On File Inc (Publisher)
Published on 31. July 2003
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-8160-4581-5 (ISBN)
Description
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).
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
84 b&w photographs and line illustrations, bibliography, cross-references, chronology, tables, index
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 193 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
600 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8160-4581-5 (9780816045815)
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