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A History Of The Mathematical Theories Of Attraction And The Figure Of The Earth - From The Time Of Newton To That Of Laplace

by Isaac Todhunter

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 Published in 1874, this two-volume work by Isaac Todhunter (1820â€"84), perhaps the greatest Victorian historian of mathematics, takes an important mathematical story from Newton, through the expeditions which settled certain questions in Newton's favour, to the investigations of Laplace which opened a new era in mathematical physics.
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A Budget Of Paradoxes

by Augustus De Morgan

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 An important figure in mathematical logic and abstract algebra, Augustus De Morgan (1806â€"71) also wrote wittily on paradoxical and illogical thinking through time. Edited by his widow and published in 1872, this entertaining work parades all varieties of crackpot, from circle-squarers to inventors of perpetual motion machines.
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A History Of The Mathematical Theory Of Probability - From The Time Of Pascal To That Of Laplace

by Isaac Todhunter

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 An indefatigable mathematician and university teacher at Cambridge, Isaac Todhunter (1820â€"84) is best remembered for his successful textbooks. This 1865 publication traces the progress of probability theory from its roots in the seventeenth century through to the early nineteenth century and Pierre-Simon Laplace's wide-ranging coverage of the subject.
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Formal Logic - Or, The Calculus Of Inference, Necessary And Probable

by Augustus De Morgan

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 One of the ablest British mathematicians of his age, Augustus De Morgan (1806â€"71) played an important role in overturning assumptions concerning the rules of logic and inference with the publication of this book in 1847. It treats logic as a branch of mathematics, more specifically as algebra.
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Arithmetical Books From The Invention Of Printing To The Present Time - Being Brief Notices Of A Large Number Of Works Drawn Up From Actual Inspection

by Augustus De Morgan

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 The mathematician Augustus De Morgan (1806â€"71) published this 1847 work with the intention of supplying a more accurate bibliography than had hitherto existed. Limiting himself to books which he himself had examined, he compiled a chronological catalogue from 1491 to 1846, drawing on books from public and private collections.
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A History Of The Theory Of Elasticity And Of The Strength Of Materials - From Galilei To The Present Time

by Isaac Todhunter

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 A distinguished mathematician and notable university teacher, Isaac Todhunter (1820â€"84) became known in his time for his successful textbooks. Edited and completed by Karl Pearson (1857â€"1936), and published between 1886 and 1893, this three-part work traces the mathematical understanding of elasticity from Galileo to Lord Kelvin.
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A History Of The Theory Of Elasticity And Of The Strength Of Materials - From Galilei To The Present Time

by Isaac Todhunter

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 A distinguished mathematician and notable university teacher, Isaac Todhunter (1820â€"84) became known in his time for his successful textbooks. Edited and completed by Karl Pearson (1857â€"1936), and published between 1886 and 1893, this three-part work traces the mathematical understanding of elasticity from Galileo to Lord Kelvin.
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A History Of The Theory Of Elasticity And Of The Strength Of Materials - From Galilei To The Present Time

by Isaac Todhunter

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 A distinguished mathematician and notable university teacher, Isaac Todhunter (1820â€"84) became known in his time for his successful textbooks. Edited and completed by Karl Pearson (1857â€"1936), and published between 1886 and 1893, this three-part work traces the mathematical understanding of elasticity from Galileo to Lord Kelvin.
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A Treatise On Differential Equations

by George Boole

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 A largely self-educated mathematician, George Boole (1815â€"64) was widely recognised for his ability and became the first professor of mathematics at Cork. The influence of this 1859 work can still be traced in many modern treatments of differential equations and numerical analysis.
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Mathematical Papers Of The Late George Green

by George Green

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 The mathematical physicist George Green (1793â€"1841) is best remembered for his Essay on the Application of Mathematical Analysis to the Theories of Electricity and Magnetism (1828). Edited by Norman Macleod Ferrers (1829â€"1903) and published in 1871, this collection comprises Green's influential essay and nine further papers.
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Tables Requisite To Be Used With The Nautical Ephemeris, For Finding The Latitude And Longitude At Sea - Published By Order Of The Commissioners Of Longitude

by Nevil Maskelyne

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 First published in 1767 and reissued here in the revised third edition of 1802, the present work, prepared by the astronomer and mathematician Nevil Maskelyne (1732â€"1811), provided the necessary tables and instructions for navigators to determine their position at sea, when used in conjunction with the Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris.
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The Elements Of Algebra - Designed For The Use Of Students In The University

by James Wood

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 First published in 1795 and reissued here in its 1815 sixth edition, The Elements of Algebra by James Wood (1760â€"1839) was one of the standard Cambridge texts for decades, also accompanying Charles Darwin aboard the Beagle. It gives an interesting glimpse of the mathematical standards expected of undergraduates.
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Treatise On Conic Sections - Edited In Modern Notation With Introductions, Including An Essay On The Earlier History Of The Subject

by Apollonius Of Perga

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 Among his contemporaries in the third century BCE, Apollonius of Perga was dubbed 'the great geometer' for his treatise on conic sections. Civil servant and classical scholar Thomas Little Heath (1861â€"1940) published this English translation in 1896, with standardised notation and a thorough introduction to the subject.
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Aristarchus Of Samos, The Ancient Copernicus - A History Of Greek Astronomy To Aristarchus, Together With Aristarchus'S Treatise On The Sizes And Distances Of The Sun And Moon

by Thomas Heath

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 Aristarchus of Samos was the first astronomer to propose a heliocentric model of the solar system. This 1913 Greek edition of his only surviving treatise, with facing-page English translation, was prepared by Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861â€"1940). It is prefaced by a substantial history of ancient Greek astronomy.
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Popular Instructions On The Calculation Of Probabilities - To Which Are Appended Notes By Richard Beamish

by Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet

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 Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet (1796â€"1874) pioneered social statistics, characterising the 'average man' by the mean values of measured variables. Reissued here is the 1839 English translation of his 1828 work that appeared when the application of probability was moving away from gaming tables towards more useful areas of life.
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Memoirs Of The Analytical Society

by Charles Babbage e John Herschel

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 As Cambridge undergraduates dissatisfied with the state of British mathematics, Charles Babbage (1791â€"1871) and John Herschel (1792â€"1871) formed the Analytical Society in 1811 to promote new continental ideas. This 1813 publication contains one paper by Babbage and two by Herschel. Babbage's preface serves as the movement's manifesto.
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The Doctrine Of Chances - Or, A Method Of Calculating The Probability Of Events In Play

by Abraham De Moivre

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 The French mathematician Abraham de Moivre (1667â€"1754) is remembered for his formula which relates complex numbers and trigonometry. Reissued here is the revised and expanded 1738 second edition of the influential textbook on probability theory that he first published in English in 1718.
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A Synopsis Of Elementary Results In Pure And Applied Mathematics: Volume 2 - Containing Propositions, Formulae, And Methods Of Analysis, With Abridged Demonstrations

by George Shoobridge Carr

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 Originally published between 1880 and 1886, this two-volume work by George Shoobridge Carr (1837â€"1914) was intended as an aid to students preparing for the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos. Most notably, it played an important part in the mathematical education of the Indian prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887â€"1920).
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A Synopsis Of Elementary Results In Pure And Applied Mathematics: Volume 1 - Containing Propositions, Formulae, And Methods Of Analysis, With Abridged Demonstrations

by George Shoobridge Carr

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 Originally published between 1880 and 1886, this two-volume work by George Shoobridge Carr (1837â€"1914) was intended as an aid to students preparing for the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos. Most notably, it played an important part in the mathematical education of the Indian prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887â€"1920).
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The Mathematical Works Of Isaac Barrow - Edited For Trinity College

by Isaac Barrow

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 The Cambridge polymath Isaac Barrow (1630â€"77) was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics between 1663 and 1669. This one-volume collection of his mathematical writings in Latin was first published in 1860. It includes the first general statement of the fundamental theorem of calculus as well as Barrow's 'differential triangle'.
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Lilawati; Or A Treatise On Arithmetic And Geometry

by Bhascara Acharya

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 Twelfth-century mathematician and astronomer Bhascara Acharya (1114â€"85) is considered to be medieval India's greatest mathematician. Forming part of his Sanskrit magnum opus Siddhanta Shiromani, this is his treatise on arithmetic and geometry. It was translated into English by John Taylor (d.1821) and first published in 1816.
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The Elementary Part Of A Treatise On The Dynamics Of A System Of Rigid Bodies

by Edward John Routh

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 Edward John Routh (1831â€"1907) was a highly successful mathematics coach at Cambridge. He also contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. Published in 1891, this first part of a revised textbook establishes the principles of dynamics, providing formulae and examples throughout.
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A Treatise On Analytical Statics - With Numerous Examples

by Edward John Routh

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 Edward John Routh (1831â€"1907) was a highly successful mathematics coach at Cambridge. He also contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. Published between 1896 and 1902, this revised two-volume textbook offers extensive coverage of statics, with formulae and examples throughout.
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A Treatise On Analytical Statics - With Numerous Examples

by Edward John Routh

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 Edward John Routh (1831â€"1907) was a highly successful mathematics coach at Cambridge. He also contributed to the foundations of control theory and to the modern treatment of mechanics. Published between 1896 and 1902, this revised two-volume textbook offers extensive coverage of statics, with formulae and examples throughout.
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