dover publications jun 1956 (7 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Why do card tricks work How can magicians do astonishing feats of mathematics mentally Why do stage 'mind-reading' tricks work As a rule, we simply accept these tricks and 'magic' without recognizing that they are really demonstrations of strict laws based on probability, sets, number theory, topology, and other branches of mathematics.This is the first book-length study of this fascinating branch of recreational mathematics. Written by one of the foremost experts on mathematical magic, it employs considerable historical data to summarize all previous work in this field. It is also a creative examination of laws and their exemplification, with scores of new tricks, insights, and demonstrations. Dozens of topological tricks are explained, and dozens of manipulation tricks are aligned with mathematical law.Nontechnical, detailed, and clear, this volume contains 115 sections discussing tricks with cards, dice, coins, etc.; topological tricks with handkerchiefs, cards, etc.; geometrical vanishing effects; demonstrations with pure numbers; and dozens of other topics. You will learn how a Moebius strip works and how a Curry square can 'prove' that the whole is not equal to the sum of its parts.No skill at sleight of hand is needed to perform the more than 500 tricks described because mathematics guarantees their success. Detailed examination of laws and their application permits you to create your own problems and effects.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Five early papers evolve the theory that won Einstein a Nobel Prize, including 'On the Theory of the Brownian Movement' and 'A New Determination of Molecular Dimensions.'.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Classic of sea adventure conveys all the excitement of being the first man to sail around the world, alone, in a small boat. One of great feats of seamanship told in a delightful manner. 67 illustrations.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Here are 288 remarkably lifelike drawings of animals, furnishing artists and students with an easy-to-follow method of instruction in the drawing of horses, dogs, lions, cows and bulls, stags, and goats. So detailed and so accurate are these drawings that this book has long been a classic work of its kind. The animals are shown in three ways: external full views and dozens of details (paws, head, eyes, legs, etc.); beneath-the-skin drawings of musculature and of the positions and insertions of each muscle; and skeleton drawings of the bone structures that support and determine surface contours and configurations. In addition, special cross-sections dissect those portions of the animal--such as the head and limbs--that are most important to the artist. For this edition, Lewis S. Born of the American Museum of Natural History collected 25 plates from George Stubbs's Anatomy of the Horse, long unavailable; Straus-Durckheim's Anatomie Descriptive et Comparative du Chat; and Cuvier and Laurrillard's Anatomie Comparée. These plates, as fully annotated as the plates that make up the original book, supplement Ellenberger, Baum and Dittrich with anatomical drawings of the monkey, the bat, the flying squirrel, the rat kangaroo, the seal, and the hare. Mr. Lewis also provided a new preface and added to the annotated bibliography, which now contains 66 items. 'Highly recommended as one of the very few books on the subject worthy of being used an an authoritative guide.'--Design 'Illustrators, sculptors, and taxidermists who draw or model animals will welcome this new revised edition.'--Natural HistoryEnlarged (1956) edition, revised by Lewis S. Brown, American Museum of Natural History.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time--the full Euclid, encompassing almost 2500 years of mathematical and historical study. This unabridged republication of the original enlarged edition contains the complete English text of all 13 books of the ELEMENTS, plus analyses of each definition, postulate, and proposition.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the 'Elements 'plus critical analysis. Covers textual and linguistic matters, more. Includes 2,500 years of commentary. Total in set: 995 figures.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Volume 1 of 3-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the 'Elements' plus critical analysis of each definition, postulate, and proposition. Vol. 1 includes Introduction, Books I and II: Triangles, rectangles.