Leonhard Euler: Mathematical Genius in the Enlightenment, Paperback - Ronald S. Calinger

DescriptionAn acclaimed biography of the Enlightenment's greatest mathematicianThis is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)...

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Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment argues for the centrality of magical practices and ideas throughout the long eighteenth-century....

A provocative account of the seismic shift in attitude toward the supernatural in seventeenth and eighteenth century BritainPublisher: Yale Univers...

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Quantum mechanics embraces the behaviour of all known forms of matter, including the atoms and molecules from which we, and all living organisms, a...

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A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stonePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Fabio BarryIllustration(s...

A rich, wondrous anthology of the Western magical tradition, from the Old Testament to Doctor Faustus and Paradise Lost, now in a Penguin Classics ...

In a fascinating journey of rediscovery, Max Adams brings to life the forgotten experiences - and voices - of some of the most extraordinary women ...

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Through a detailed and fascinating exploration of changing medical knowledge and practice, this book provides a timeline of humankind-s understandi...

This volume examines the Enlightenment-era textualization of the Black African in European thought. Andrew S. Curran rewrites the history of blackn...

DescriptionThis book contains Hiram Percy Maxim's memories of growing up with his brilliant but eccentric father, Hiram Stephens Maxim, scientist, ...

Publisher: Quality Chess UK LLPAuthor(s): Nick AplinIllustration(s): b/w photos & illusNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 241 x ...

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This remarkable book has endured as a masterpiece of mathematical exposition. There are few mathematics books that are still so widely read and con...

In der Fremde Buch - Leonhard Thoma

The extraordinary story of how Jason Padgett was transformed from an aimless thirty-two-year old to a mathematical genius following a vicious muggi...

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Provides an introduction to hyperbolic geometry in dimension three, with motivation and applications arising from knot theory. The book was written...

Reducere. Developed from the author s course in mathematical biology at Cornell University, this volume is designed to cultivate in graduate biology students...

The story of the attack on the Mohne and Eder dams in the Ruhr has been recounted many times before but not from the German side. The author has sp...

In this sweeping and richly illustrated history, S. Frederick Starr tells the fascinating but largely unknown story of Central Asia's medieval enli...

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Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): David S. RichesonIllustration(s): 163 b/w illus. 5 tables.Number of pages: 456Publication date: 202...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Rebecca CypessIllustration(s): 39 halftones, 29 line drawingsNumber of pages: 368Publication d...