On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics

On the Study and Difficulties of MathematicsOne of the twentieth century's most eminent mathematical writers, Augustus De Morgan enriched his expositions with insights from history and psychology. On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics represents some of his best work, containing points usually overlooked by elementary treatises, and written in a fresh and natural tone that provides a refreshing contrast to the mechanical character of common textbooks. Presuming only a knowledge of the

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Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) began his career at the end of the Romantic period and his death signaled the end of the last major age of Italian opera

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Problems at ends of chapters

highly personal course through our rich nautical history

Reprint of Some Principles of Maritime Strategy

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Notes at the end of each section contain pertinent bibliographical references and a brief survey of additional results

focusing especially on surfaces because the theorems can be easily visualized there

Indispensible to today's amateur and professional magicians

unadorned prose whose style is reputed to have influenced Hemingway

Many of these illustrations have not been readily available for nearly a century