1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451549303321

Autore

Domingues João Caramalho

Titolo

Lacroix and the calculus [[electronic resource] /] / João Caramalho Domingues

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel ; ; Boston, : Birkhäuser, c2008

ISBN

1-281-49169-1

9786611491697

3-7643-8638-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2008.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (480 p.)

Collana

Science networks historical studies ; ; v. 35

Disciplina

515.09

Soggetti

Calculus - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [427]-459) and index.

Nota di contenuto

A short biography of Silvestre-François Lacroix -- An overview of Lacroix’s Traité -- The principles of the calculus -- Analytic and differential geometry -- Approximate integration and conceptions of the integral -- Types of solutions of differential equations -- Aspects of differences and series -- The Traité élémentaire -- The second edition of Lacroix’s Traité -- Final remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

Silvestre François Lacroix (Paris, 1765 - ibid., 1843) was a most influential mathematical book author. His most famous work is the three-volume Traité du calcul différentiel et du calcul intégral (1797-1800; 2nd ed. 1810-1819) – an encyclopedic appraisal of 18th-century calculus which remained the standard reference on the subject through much of the 19th century, in spite of Cauchy's reform of the subject in the 1820's. Lacroix and the Calculus is the first major study of Lacroix’s large Traité. It uses the unique and massive bibliography given by Lacroix to explore late 18th-century calculus, and the way it is reflected in Lacroix’s account. Several particular aspects are addressed in detail, including: the foundations of differential calculus, analytic and differential geometry, conceptions of the integral, and types of solutions of differential equations (singular/complete/general integrals, geometrical interpretations, and generality of arbitrary functions).



Lacroix’s large Traité... was adapted for teaching into a shorter, textbook version – the Traité élémentaire de calcul différentiel et de calcul intégral (1802; several later editions). This adaptation is also analysed. Lacroix and the Calculus should appeal to historians and mathematicians interested in the history of the calculus (and especially in the background to Cauchy and Bolzano) and in its teaching in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910826349603321

Autore

Sheldon Pavica <1980->

Titolo

Social media : principles and applications / / Pavica Sheldon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4985-2090-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (143 p.)

Disciplina

302.23/1

302.231

Soggetti

Online social networks

Social media

Interpersonal communication

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; I: Principles of Social Media; Chapter One: Social Media and Traditional Interpersonal Communication Theories; Chapter Two: Social Media and Theories of Mass Communication; Chapter Three: Psychology of Social Media; II: Applications of Social Media; Chapter Four: Social Media in Politics; Chapter Five: Social Media Privacy and Security; Chapter Six: Social Media in Education; Chapter Seven: Social Media and Disaster Communication; Chapter Eight: Social Media and Advertising; Chapter Nine: Social Media Addiction; Appendix; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Social Media: Principles and



Applications </span><span>thoroughly examines social media in interpersonal, mass-mediated, educational, organizational, and political settings. Sheldon provides a must-have survival tool for communication, psychology, and social media scholars. </span></span>