The Facts on File Calculus Handbook
New York : Facts on File, [2003]
Format: Book
Description: xii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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).
Series: Facts on File science library.
Contents:
The calculus: a historical introduction -- Section 1: Glossary -- Section 2: Biographies -- Section 3: Chronology -- Section 4: Charts & Tables.
ISBN:
081604581X (acid-free paper)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
MATH Calculus Mao | Main (Downtown) | Nonfiction | In |
REF MATH Mao | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Reference | Available for in-library use |
MATH Calculus Mao | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
MATH Calculus Mao | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.