Volume 1 of a two-volume history — from Egyptian papyri and medieval maps to modern graphs and diagrams. Non-technical chronological survey with thousands of biographical notes, critical evaluations, contemporary opinions on over 1,100 mathematicians.

History of Mathematics, Vol. I (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Science & Math

David E. Smith

Mathematics

Dover Publications

Within this two-volume edition, Professor Smith covers the entire history of mathematics in the Near and Far East and the West, from primitive number concepts to the calculus. His account is distinguished by impeccable scholarship combined with unusual clarity and readability. Footnotes add many technical points outside the book's actual line of development and direct the reader to disputed matters and source readings. Hundreds of illustrations from Egyptian papyri, Hindu, Chinese, and Japanese manuscripts, Greek and Roman texts, Medieval treatises, maps, portraits, etc. are used along with modern graphs and diagrams. Every major figure from Euclid to Descartes, Gauss, and Riemann and hundreds of lesser-known figures — Theon of Smyrna, Rabbi ben Ezra, Radulph of Laon, Mersenns, Benedetti, and more — are considered both with respect to specific problems and with an awareness of their overall influence on mathematics. Volume II: Special Topics, considering mathematics in terms of arithmetic geometry, algebra, trig, calculus, calculating machines, and other specific fields and problems. 192 Topics for Discussion. 195 illustrations. Index.

History of Mathematics, Vol. II (Dover Books on Mathematics)

One of the first books to show Westerners the nature of Japanese mathematics, this survey highlights the leading features in the development of the wasan, the Japanese system of mathematics. Topics include the use of the soroban, or abacus; the application of sangi, or counting rods, to algebra; the discoveries of the 17th-century sage Seki Kowa; the yenri, or circle principle; the work of 18th-century geometer Ajima Chokuyen; and Wada Nei's contributions to the understanding of hypotrochoids. Unabridged republication of the classic 1914 edition. 74 figures. Index.

A History of Japanese Mathematics (Dover Books on Mathematics)

History

Yoshio Mikami

Asia

An unabridged, digitally enlarged printing, to include all diagrams, illustrations, pronouncing vocabulary, index, and end of book number puzzles.

Number Stories of Long Ago

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Natl Council of Teachers of

A New Connection is about helping people solve alcohol and chemical dependency problems. It is not a "true believer" book, offering an easy answer or magical cure, but a practical guide to developing effective strategies with people involved in destructive substance abuse. It offers winning suggestions in the midst of our current "unwinnable" war against drugs. People who have chemical dependency problems are seen not as a type, but as individuals in particular families who need specific and unique problem-solving approaches, developed from what they themselves bring to the therapeutic setting. Among other things, the book describes how counselors and therapists can create a climate of trust and rapport, in which a troubled person will feel free to examine her/his life situation and make appropriate plans for change.

A New Connection: A Problem Solving Approach to Chemical Dependency

Business & Money

Meyers, Frederick H.

Frykman, John

Richard B. Seymour

Management & Leadership

Regent Pr

Are you chained to your addiction to smoking? Drinking? Sugar? Drugs? Food? Prescription painkillers? Caffeine? Internet porn? Gambling? Sex? When you are chained by an addiction, it can ruin your life, devastate your family, destroy your relationships, derail your career, lower your grades, and make you physically ill. Do you want to break free from your addictions? Then you need to optimize your brain. The brain plays a central role in your vulnerability to addiction and your ability to recover. Brain dysfunction is the number-one reason why people fall victim to addiction, why they can t break the chains of addiction, and why they relapse. Optimizing your brain is the key to breaking free from your addictions. Unchain Your Brain: 10 Steps to Breaking the Addictions that Steal Your Life is a practical, easy-to-follow, step-by-step program that shows you how to boost your brain so you can kick your bad habits. In this book, you will discover: -How addictions get stuck in your brain, how to get them unstuck, and how to find lasting motivation to change -Why brain imaging changes everything, even if you never get a scan -How to get the right evaluation to ensure that you can heal from your addictions -The six different types of addiction based on brain types: why all addicts are NOT the same and how to find the best treatment solutions for you based on your brain type -Strategies to boost your brain to get control -Ways to lock up the craving monster that steals your life -Tips to eat right to think right and heal from your addiction -How to kill the addiction ANTs that infest your brain and keep you in chains -Ways to prevent relapse by following H-A-L-T plus brain science -How hypnosis and meditation can help you unchain your brain, including a 12-minute meditation and a real hypnosis session done by Dr. Amen When you have a healthy brain, it makes it so much easier to stick with a program designed to help you quit smoking, drinking, gambling, doing drugs, overeating, or whatever your addiction may be.

Unchain Your Brain

Health, Fitness & Dieting

M.D.

Daniel G. Amen

Addiction & Recovery

Mindworks Press

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