World of Mathematics数学的世界(四册)

The World of Mathematics, a monumental four-volume reference 15 years in the making, was specially designed to make mathematics more accessible to the layman. It comprises nontechnical essays on every aspect of the subject, including articles by and about scores of eminent mathematicians, as well as literary figures, economists, biologists, and many other thinkers. This unique compendium includes the work of Archimedes, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, Gregor Mendel, Edmund Halley, Jonathan Swift, John Maynard Keynes, Henri Poincare, Lewis Carroll, George Boole, Bertrand Russell, Alfred North Whitehead, John von Neumann, and many others. In addition, an informative commentary by noted mathematics scholar James R. Newman precedes each essay or group of essays, explaining their relevance and context in the history and development of mathematics.
　　Volume 1 (Parts I-IV) includes a general survey of the nature of mathematics; historical and biographical information on prominent mathematicians throughout history; material on arithmetic, numbers, and the art of counting; and the mathematics of space and motion. Individual essays include "Gauss, the Prince of Mathematicians," by Eric Temple Bell; "Calculating Prodigies," by W. W. Rouse Ball; "The Seven Bridges of Konigsburg," by Leonhard Euler; and more than 30 others.
　　Vol. 2 of a monumental 4-volume set covers mathematics and the physical world, mathematics and social science, and the laws of chance, with non-technical essays by and about scores of eminent mathematicians, economists, scientists, and others. Individual articles by Galileo Galilei, Gregor Mendel, Thomas Robert Malthus, and many more. Includes numerous figures.
　　Volume 3 (Parts VIII-XVII) contains essays on such topics as statistics and the design of experiments, group theory, the mathematics of infinity, the unreasonableness of mathematics, the vocabulary of mathematics, and mathematics as an art. The essays gathered here include "The Law of Large Numbers," by Jacob Bernoulli; "The Vice of Gambling and the Virtue of Insurance," by George Bernard Shaw; "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians," by Bertrand Russell; and 30 more.
　　Vol. 4 of a monumental 4-volume set covers such topics as mathematical machines, mathematics in warfare, a mathematical theory of art, mathematics of the good, mathematics in literature, mathematics and music, and amusements, puzzles, and fancies. Individual contributions by A. M. Turing, Aldous Huxley, Sir James Jeans, Lewis Carroll, and other notables.

The world of mathematics Colume 1
　PART Ⅰ： General Survey
　　Philip E. B. Jourdain: Commentary
　　1. The Nature of Mathematics by PHILIP E. a. JOURDAIN
　PART Ⅱ: Historical and Biographical
　　Commentary
　　1. The Great Mathematicians by HERBERT WESTREN TURNBULL Commentar
　　2. The Rhind Papyrus by JAMES R. NEWMAN Commentary
　　3. Archimedes by PLUTARCH, VITRUVIUS, TZETZES Commentary
　　4. Greek Mathematics by IVOR THOMAS Robert Recorde: Commentary
　　5. The Declaration of the Profit of Arithmeticke by ROBERT RECORDE Kepler and Lodge: Commentary
　　6. Johann Kepler by SIR OLIVER LODGE Descartes and Analytical Geometry: Commentary
　　7. The Geometry by RENtE DESCARTES Commentary
　　8. Isaac Newton by E. N. DA C. ANDRADE
　　9. Newton, the Man by JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES Bishop Berkeley and Infinitesimals: Commentary
　　10. The Analyst by BISHOP BERKELEY Gauss: Commentary
　　11. Gauss, the Prince of Mathematicians by ERIC TEMPLE BELL Cayley and Sylvester: Commentary
　　12. Invariant Twins, Cayley and Sylvester by ERIC TEMPLE BELL Commentary
　　13. Srinivasa Ramanujan by JAMES R. NEWMAN Bertrand Russell: Commentary
　　14. My Mental Development by BERTRAND RUSSELL Alfred North Whitehead: Commentary
　　15. Mathematics as an Element in the History of Thought by ALFRED NORTH WHITEHEAD
　PART Ⅲ Arithmetic, Numbers and the Art of Counting
　　Poppy Seeds and Large Numbers: Commentary
　　1. The Sand Reckoner by ARCHIMEDES The Art of Counting: Commentary
　　2. Counting by LEVI LEONARD CONANT
　　3. From Numbers to Numerals and From Numerals to Com-putation by DAVID EUGENE SMITH and 　JEKUTHIEL GINSBURO Idiot Savants: Commentary
　　4. Calculating Prodigies by w. w. ROUSE BALL Gifted Birds: Commentary
　　5. The Ability of Birds to "Count" by o. KOEHLER The Mysteries of Arithmetic: Commentary
　　6. The Queen of Mathematics by ERIC TEMPLE BELL(P+PQ)m/n: Commentary
　　7. On the Binomial Theorem for Fractional and Negative Ex-ponents by ISAAC NEWTON The Number 　Concept: Commentary
　　8. Irrational Numbers by RICHARD DEDEKND
　　9. Definition of Number by BERTRAND RUSSELL
　PARTⅣ:Mathematics of Space and Motion
　INDEX
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