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242 pages • first pub 2007 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780801885532
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 April 2007
Description
Throughout history, application rather than abstraction has been the prominent driving force in mathematics. From the compass and sextant to partial differential equations, mathematical advances were spurred by the desire for better navigation too...
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242 pages • first pub 2007 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780801885532
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition Pub Date: 01 April 2007
Description
Throughout history, application rather than abstraction has been the prominent driving force in mathematics. From the compass and sextant to partial differential equations, mathematical advances were spurred by the desire for better navigation too...