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PART V: Mathematics and the Physical World |
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Galileo Galilei: Commentary |
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Mathematics of Motion by GALILEO GALILEI |
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The Bernoullis: Commentary |
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Kinetic Theory of Gases by DANIEL BERNOULLI |
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"A Great Prize, a Long-Suffering Inventor and the First Accurate Clock: Commentary" |
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The Longitude by LLOYD A. BROWN |
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John Couch Adams: Commentary |
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John Couch Adams and the Discovery of Neptune by SIR HAROLD SPENCER JONES |
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H. G. J. Mosley: Commentary |
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Atomic Numbers by H. G. J. MOSLEY |
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The Small Furniture of Earth: Commentary |
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The Röntgen Rays by SIR WILLIAM BRAGG |
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Crystals and the Future of Physics by PHILIPPE LE CORBEILLER |
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"Queen Dido, Soap Bubbles, and a Blind Mathematician: Commentary" |
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What Is Calculus of Variations and What Are Its Applications? By KARL MENGER |
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The Soap-bubble by C. VERNON BOYS |
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Plateau's Problem by RICHARD COURANT and HERBERT ROBBINS |
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The Periodic Law and Mendeléeff: Commentary |
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Periodic Law of the Chemical Elements by DMITRI MENDELÉEFF |
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Mendeléeff by BERNARD JAFFE |
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Gregor Mendel: Commentary |
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Mathematics of Heredity by GREGOR MENDEL |
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J. B. S. Haldane: Commentary |
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On Being the Right Size by J. B. S. HALDANE |
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Mathematics of Natural Selection by J. B. S. HALDANCE |
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Erwin Schrödinger: Commentary |
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Heredity and the Quantum Theory by ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER |
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson: Commentary |
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On Magnitude by D'ARCY WENTWORTH THOMPSON |
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Uncertainty: Commentary |
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The Uncertainty Principle by WERNER HEISENBERG |
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Causality and Wave Mechanics by ERWIN SCHRÖDINGER |
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Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington: Commentary |
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The Constants of Nature by SIR ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON |
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The New Law of Gravitation and the Old Law by SIR ARTHUR STANLEY EDDINGTON |
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Commentary |
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The Theory of Relativity by CLEMENT V. DURELL |
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PART VI: Mathematics and Social Science |
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The Founder of Psychophysics: Commentary |
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Gustav Theodor Fechner by EDWIN G. BORING |
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Sir Francis Galton: Commentary |
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Classification of Men According to Their Natural Gifts by SIR FRANCIS GALTON |
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Thomas Robert Malthus: Commentary |
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Mathematics of Population and Food by THOMAS ROBERT MALTHUS |
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"Cournot, Jevons, and the Mathematics of Money: Commentary" |
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Mathematics of Value and Demand by AUGUSTIN COURNOT |
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Theory of Political Economy by WILLIAM STANLEY JEVONS |
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A Distinguished Quaker and War: Commentary |
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Mathematics of War and Foreign Politics by LEWIS FRY RICHARDSON |
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Statistics of Deadly Quarrels by LEWIS FRY RICHARDSON |
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The Social Application of Mathematics: Commentary |
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The Theory of Economic Behavior by LEONID HURWICZ |
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Theory of Games by S. VAJDA |
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Sociology Learns the Language of Mathematics by ABRAHAM KAPLAN |
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PART VII: The Laws of Chance |
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Pierre Simon de Laplace: Commentary |
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Concerning Probability by PIERRE SIMON DE LAPLACE |
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The Red and the Black by CHARLES SANDERS PIERCE |
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The Probability of Induction by CHARLES SANDER PIERCE |
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Lord Keynes: Commentary |
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The Applicant of Probability to Conduct by JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES |
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An Absent-minded Genius and the Laws of Chance: Commentary 1374 |
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Chance by HENRI POINCARÉ |
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Ernest Nagel and the Laws of Probability: Commentary |
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The Meaning of Probability by ERNEST NAGEL |
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INDEX |
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