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| NO AUTHOR Operational Theory and Definitions of EMAC Calculator New York, New York, Manufacturing Laboratories, 1960. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, as Issued, This is a hardbound "book" which opens to reveal two pockets, one on either side, and both printed with instructional text for understanding and using the enclosed computational wheel housed in one of the pockets. The remaining pocket holds an unused pad of EMAC Data entry sheets. Contents are excellent. Blue boards are clean with isolated spots of fading, USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 18672 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| BERLINSKI, DAVID The Advent of the Algorithm : The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer , San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Harcourt Trade Publishers, 2000. /, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Printing. Clean, bright, tight copy in protective mylar. Has not been price-clipped and has no internal markings of any kind. The sequel to "A Tour of Calculus, the Advent of the Algorithm." Here the author completes his task of explaining for the general reader the ideas that have created our world. Explains the search for, and eventual discory of, the algorithm, which is the set of instructions that drives the computer. Don't be intimidated by the mathematical equations sprinkled with restraint -- there are also plenty of fascinating stories and great writing! 345 pages. Indexed USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 10,226 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| CAMPBELL, DOUGLAS M.; HIGGINS, JOHN C. Mathematics; People Problems Results (Three Volumes in slipcase) , Wadsworth International. (ISBN: 0534031994) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Very Good in Very Good Slipcas/No DJ, as Issued, Very nice set -- clean as a whistle inside and out in nice sturdy slipcase. A set designed to answer the age-old question of why we need mathematics. Includes 90 articles on various aspects, including the lives of the most famous mathemeticians in history, statistics, the beginning of computer science, the role of math in music and art, and the story of European mathematicians who immigrated from Europe to the U.S. prior to WWII. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2150] Book number: 19216 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| DAVIS, LEVERETT JR. ET AL Exterior Ballistics of Rockets New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1958. Hard Cover, Good-plus/No DJ, Tightly bound book with no names or writing. Lacking dustjacket. Shows wear to very top edge of both boards near outer corners, but blue boards are very clean with crisp white printing to face and spine. Pages likewise clean. Attractive, older BLANK bookplate to front pastedown.Book develops the basic theory of simple rockets with emphasis on the physical understanding of rocket behavior, as well as the mathematical formulation of the theory. 457 pages. Indexed. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3870] Book number: 18962 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| EDGERTON, EDWARD I. & CARPENTER, PERRY A. Advanced Algebra Boston, Allyn & Bacon, 1933, Revised Edition. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, Very nice, clean copy. Dark green boards with light green and orange pictorial at front board. Former owner's name to front pastedown. Binding tight, gutters clean and pages pristine. 450 pages, plus index. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1290] Book number: 15026 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| HALL, NINA (EDITOR) Exploring Chaos : A Guide to the New Science of Disorder , New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1993. /, Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Second Printing. Beautiful as new copy which has not been price-clipped. Dustjacket protected by mylar. Illistrated with drawings, charts and photos, including some in dazzling color. A collection of articles by internationally recognized experts on chaos theory draw on the latest research to explain the roots of chaos in modern science and mathematics. 223 pages. Indexed. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1032] Book number: 7102 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| HORTON, HOLBROOK L. Mathematics At Work , New York: The Industrial Press, 1957, Second Edition. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, Crisp and clean. Nice red boards with no bumps and sharp gilt printing to face and spine. Commonly applied mathematics with step-by-step solutions of numerous mechanical problems. Applies arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trig, and logarithms to the mechanical problems commonly encountered in engineering practice. standard reference table and a concise review of basic math principles. USD 18.00 [Appr.: EURO 12 | £UK 11 | JP¥ 1548] Book number: 9530DLA Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| LEFSCHETZ, S. Contributions to the Theory of Nonlinear Oscillation Volumes 1, II, II IV, V Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University Press. Soft Cover, Near Fine/, Five very clean, tightly bound volumes, part of the University's Annals of Mathematics Studies. Vols. I and II, 1956, 2nd printings; Vol. III, 1961, second printing; Volume IV, 1958, first printing ;and Volume V 1960, first printing. No spine creasing and pages and page edges pristine. All are comprised of monographs by a variety of contributors discussiong various aspects of the subject. 1247 pages in all. Illustrated with diagrams. USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 49.75 | £UK 45.25 | JP¥ 6450] Book number: 19047 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| REYS, ROBERT Computational Estimation Grade 6 , Dale Seymour Publications, 1986. (ISBN: 0866513094) Soft Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall, Very Good/, Very nice clean book. Former owner's name stamped at upper front corner of title page only fault. No spine crease and no names or writing. Fifteen lessons designed to develop effective estimation skills. Progresses systematically through estimation strategies in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division before moving on to fractions, mixed numbers, decimals and percents. Illustrated with drawings. 120 pages. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1376] Book number: 19466 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| SMITH, DAVID P. ; FAGAN, LESLIE T. Mathematics Review Exercises Boston, Ginn and Company, 1940, First Edition. Hard Cover, Very Good/No DJ, Crisp, beautiful copy marred only by creases at bottom two corners. Attractive bookplate on front pastedown covers the gift inscription which can be lightly seen through it. Contents clean with no marking. Both authors were Masters at the prestigious Lawrenceville School, a preparatory school for boys still very much in operation today in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Has since been reprinted.280 pages. USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3440] Book number: 16087 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. | ||
| WIGGINS, STEPHEN Chaotic Transport in Dynamical Systems Secaucus, New Jersey, U.S.A., Springer Verlag, 1992, First Printing. (ISBN: 0387975225) Hard Cover, Near Fine/No DJ, as Issued, Crisp clean book designed without dustjacket. No names or writing and pages and page edges pristine. Only fault is a whisper of a bump to top front corner.Interdisicplinary Applied Mathematics. 116 illustrations. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.25 | £UK 30.25 | JP¥ 4300] Book number: 19041 Click here to order or inquire at Garrison House Books. |
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