Scientific Classification Manual Calculus

Author: Mao Er Xu Ming
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: With the advancement of technology, it has become increasingly difficult for students and teachers to obtain direct and rapid solutions to fundamental scientific and algebraic problems. Therefore, they will welcome the "Science Classification Handbook: Calculus" published by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishing. The "Science Classification Handbook" series covers the following disciplines: physics, biology, chemistry, earth science, oceanography, space and astronomy, weather and climate, calculus, and geometry. It is an invaluable bilingual dictionary series organized systematically by scientific disciplines. The "Science Classification Handbook: Calculus" published by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishing includes the following sections:
Terminology
The book contains over 500 entries, with many entries accompanied by simple diagrams to help explain their meanings. Topics include: absolute value, binomial theorem, exponential growth, largest integer function, integration, cosine law, linear functions, parabolas, polynomial functions, and second-order derivatives, etc.
People
It introduces more than 100 scientists and mathematicians from ancient times to the present, whose discoveries have contributed to humanity's understanding and comprehension of calculus. These scientists include: Jacob Bernoulli, René Descartes, Eudoxus, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Fourier, Lord Isaac Newton, Blaise Pascal, and Pythagoras, among others.
Chronology
It spans more than 4,000 years of the history of calculus, from ancient Greece to the present, and includes major discoveries and significant events in calculus: Pythagoras' proof of the Pythagorean theorem (540 BC); the invention of the base-10 counting system by Indians (later known as the Indian-Arabic numeral system, 600 AD); French mathematician Guillaume Fran?ois Antoine de L'H?pital publishing "Analyse des Infiniment Petits," a textbook on calculus (1696); British mathematician Charles Babbage constructing the "Difference Engine," considered the first mechanical computer (1822); German physicist Albert Einstein publishing his famous theory of relativity (1916), and more.
All books in this series published by U.S. FactsOnFile Publishing are equipped with a convenient index, making it easy for students and teachers to quickly verify information. The book places calculus within the broader context of science, highlighting the close connections between all disciplines and enabling comparison and integration of information across different fields.