1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003070880203316

Autore

CAPELLA, Martianus Mineus Felix

Titolo

6. : La Gèométrie / Martianus Capella ; texte établi et traduit par Michel Ferré

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris : Les Belles Lettres, 2007

ISBN

978-2-251-01449-4

Descrizione fisica

CXXII, 205 p. ; 20 cm.

Collana

Collection des universités de France

Disciplina

878.0108

Collocazione

V.3. Coll. 20/ 199/6

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Testo orig. a fronte



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777568503321

Autore

Dougherty Kevin

Titolo

The Peninsula Campaign of 1862 [[electronic resource] ] : a military analysis / / Kevin Dougherty ; with J. Michael Moore

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2005

ISBN

1-283-65794-5

1-60473-061-7

1-4237-3195-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MooreJ. Michael, M.A.

Disciplina

973.7/32

Soggetti

Peninsular Campaign, 1862

Strategy

Tactics

Command of troops

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. 173-176) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The stage is set -- Opening moves -- The plan begins to unravel -- The tide turns -- So what?

Sommario/riassunto

The largest offensive of the Civil War, involving army, navy, and marine forces, the Peninsula Campaign has inspired many history books. No previous work, however, analyzes Union general George B. McClellan's massive assault toward Richmond in the context of current and enduring military doctrine. The Peninsula Campaign of 1862: A Military Analysis fills this void. Background history is provided for continuity, but the heart of this book is military analysis and the astonishing extent to which the personality traits of generals often overwhelm even the best efforts of their armies. <



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777792603321

Autore

Hodgkin Luke Howard <1938->

Titolo

A history of mathematics [[electronic resource] ] : from Mesopotamia to modernity / / Luke Hodgkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-383-02484-7

1-280-75893-7

0-19-152383-6

1-4294-2206-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

510/.9

Soggetti

Mathematics - History

Mathematics, Babylonian - History

Mathematics, Greek - History

Mathematics, Chinese - History

Mathematics, Arab - History

Mathematics - Europe, Western - History

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. [263]-269) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of figures; Picture Credits; Introduction; 1. Babylonian mathematics; 2. Greeks and 'origins'; 3. Greeks, practical and theoretical; 4. Chinese mathematics; 5. Islam, neglect and discovery; 6. Understanding the 'scientific revolution'; 7. The calculus; 8. Geometries and space; 9. Modernity and its anxieties; 10. A chaotic end?; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A History of Mathematics: From Mesopotamia to Modernity covers the evolution of mathematics through time and across the major Eastern and Western civilizations. It begins in Babylon, then describes the trials and tribulations of the Greek mathematicians. The important, and often neglected, influence of both Chinese and Islamic mathematics is covered in detail, placing the description of early Western mathematics in a global context. The book concludes with modern mathematics,. covering recent developments such as the advent of the computer,.



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