Moor's arithmetick [[electronic resource] ] : In tvvo books. The first treating of the vulgar arithmetick in all its parts, with several new inventions to ease the memory, by Nepairs rods, logarithms, decimals, &c. fitted for the use of all persons. The second of arithmetick in species or algebra, whereby all difficult questions receive their analytical laws and resolutions, made very plain and easie for the use of scholars and the more curious. To which are added two treatises: 1. A new contemplation geometrical upon the oval figure called the ellipsis. 2. The two first books of Mydorgius his conical sections analized by that reverend divine Mr. W. Oughtred, Englished and completed with cuts. / / By Jonas Moore, Professor of the Mathematicks

• Record Nr.: UNISA996392030103316
• Autore: Moore Jonas, Sir, <1617-1679.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : Printed by J.G. for Nath. Brook, at the Angel in Cornhil, 1660
• Descrizione fisica: [16], 224, [4], 95, [5], 33, [5], 39, [2], 48, [1] p., [7] folded leaves of plates
• Altri autori (Persone): OughtredWilliam <1575-1660.>; MydorgeClaude <1585-1647.>
• Soggetti: Algebra; Arithmetic
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: The first leaf is blank.; "Algebra. Arithmetick in species or symbols", "Contemplationes geometricæ" and "Conical sections" (the latter a translation of the first two books of "De sectionibus conicis" by Claude Mydorge, each have separate dated title page and pagination; register is continuous. "A canon of the squares and cubes of all numbers under 1000" has divisional title page and separate pagination with even-numbered pages on rectos.; Annotation on Thomason copy: "July".; Reproduction of the original in the British Library.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0018

Science and the Building of a New Japan / / by M. Low

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910970113403321
• Autore: Low Morris
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2005
• ISBN: 9786611367763; 9781281367761; 1281367761; 9781403976925; 1403976929
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2005.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Collana: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Disciplina: 338.952/06
• Soggetti: Science - History; Asia - History; Music; Ethnology; Culture; Japan - History; History of Science; Asian History; Regional Cultural Studies; History of Japan
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-251) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations and Other Major Institutions -- List of Illustrations -- 1. The Making of the Japanese Physicist -- 2. Mobilizing Science in World War II: Yoshio Nishina -- 3. The Impact of the Allied Occupation: Nishina and Nakasone -- 4. Physicists on the Left: Sakata and Taketani -- 5. The Politics of Pure Science: Yukawa and Tomonaga -- 6. Corporate Science: Sagane -- 7. Science on the International Stage: Hayakawa -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book highlights the importance of individuals in the shaping of postwar Japan by providing an historical account of how physicists constituted an influential elite. An history of science perspective provides insight into their role, helping us to understand the hybrid identity of Japanese scientists, and how they reinvented not only themselves, but also Japan. The book is special in that it uses the history of science to deal with issues relating to Japanese identity, and how it was transformed in the decades after Japan's defeat. It explores the lives and work of seven physicists, two of whom were Nobel prize winners. It makes use of little-known Occupation period documents, personal papers of physicists, and Japanese language source material.