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Morris Kline
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ISBN: 0486241041
Page Count: 496
Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 8 1/4
Stimulating account of development of mathematics from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, to calculus, differential equations and non-Euclidean geometries. Also describes how math is used in optics, astronomy, motion under the law of gravitation, acoustics, electromagnetism, other phenomena. 147 illustrations.

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