by Henry Ernest Dudeney
- Science
- 1917
- Autor: Henry Ernest Dudeney
Entertaining mathematics is one of the most beloved by readers of the genres of popular literature. Solving its non-standard peculiar tasks, people experience the joy of joining creative thinking, intuitively feel the beauty and greatness of mathematics, they realize the absurdity of the widespread, but nevertheless deeply erroneous idea of it as something dull and frozen (“Is it in mathematics isn't everything open yet? ”), they begin to understand why mathematicians, speaking about their science, often resort to aesthetic categories (“ elegant result ”,“ beautiful proof ”). At the same...
Number of pages: ~ 296 pages
by Carveth Read
- Science
- 2006
- Autor: Carveth Read
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery....
Number of pages: ~ 345 pages
by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
- Science
- 1999
- Autor: Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The book for all and for no one is the philosophical novel of Friedrich Nietzsche, which began to be published in 1883. Initially the book consisted of three separate parts. Nietzsche intended to write three more parts, but he finished only one - the fourth. After the death of Nietzsche, all four parts were published in one volume....
Number of pages: ~ 395 pages
by Silvanus P. Thompson
- Science
- 2010
- Autor: Silvanus P. Thompson
Calculus Made Easy has long been the most popular calculus primer, and this major revision of the classic math text makes the subject at hand still more comprehensible to readers of all levels. With a new introduction, three new chapters, modernized language and methods throughout, and an appendix of challenging and enjoyable practice problems, Calculus Made Easy has been thoroughly updated for the modern reader....
Number of pages: ~ 336 pages
by Vatsyayana
- Science
- 2009
- Autor: Vatsyayana
Kamasutra (Sk., Kāmasūtra IAST) is an ancient Indian text dedicated to the topic of kama - the sphere of sensual, emotional life, lust and love. “Kama Sutra” is based on numerous previous works in the field of Kamashastra - the science of Kama and, due to its completeness and systematic nature, is considered by many as a fundamental work in this area in Sanskrit literature. The author of the text is Vatsyayana. The full title of this work is “Vatsyayana Kama Sutra” (“The Instruction on Kams belonging to Vatsyayane”). It is believed that the author lived in the 3rd — 4th centuries AD e.,...
Number of pages: ~ 146 pages
by Edward Carpenter
- Science
- 1916
- Autor: Edward Carpenter
This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts. The digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated processes. Despite the cleaning process, occasional flaws may still be present that were part of the original work itself, or introduced during digitization....
Number of pages: ~ 192 pages