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Little Mathematics Library – Method of Successive Approximations

Posted on January 3, 2012 by damitr

In the Little Mathematics Library we now come to Method of Successive Approximations by N. Ya. Vilenkin. As the title suggests the book has to do with approximation methods, but what kind of approximations and for what kind of use … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Pascals Triangle

Posted on January 2, 2012 by damitr

In continuing from the last post on Post’s Machine by V. A. Uspenskii (sometimes Uspensky) we come to another volume by him titled Pascals’s Triangle. The book opens with an interesting note The reader who is not familiar with Pascal’s … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Post’s Machine

Posted on December 28, 2011 by damitr

We start our posts in the Little Mathematics Library series with a book by V. A. Uspensky titled Post’s Machine. This booklet is intended first of all for school children. The first two chapters are comprehensible even for junior schoolchildren. … Continue reading →

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Let’s Play Geometry

Posted on December 28, 2011 by damitr

[The aim of the book] is to acquaint children in exciting and stimulating way with some of principle concepts of geometry, to teach them how to find bearings in simple geometrical situations and to discern geometrical patterns in the world … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Taking Stock

Posted on December 23, 2011 by damitr

The last post In the World of Binary Stars, completed the titles of Science for Everyone series that were accessible. When the original post was made with the listings we had listed 37 titles, out of which many are posted … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – In The World of Binary Stars

Posted on December 23, 2011 by damitr

In the Science for Everyone series we now go to a journey In The World of Binary Stars by V. M. Lipunov. This book discusses many things about the binary stars and the exotic things that they can lead to. … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Me Or Not Me

Posted on December 22, 2011 by damitr

In continuing our previous post on Life Sciences in the Science for Everyone series, we now come to a book on human physiology and our bodily defense mechanisms against all external threats that is immunology. This one is called Me … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Luminiscence in Public Health

Posted on December 22, 2011 by damitr

Among the titles that have posted so far in the Science for Everyone series we do not have any on Life Sciences, so this is one starts that trend, which I hope will increase in the future. This particular book … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Satellite and Typhoon – Eye to Eye

Posted on December 21, 2011 by damitr

We now come Satellite and Typhoon – Eye To Eye by S. Baibakov and A. Martynov in the Science for Everyone Series. I did not know the existence about this book till some Anonymous person reported about it in the … Continue reading →

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Science for Everyone – Silhouttes of Chemistry

Posted on December 20, 2011 by damitr

In the Science for Everyone Series we now come to Silhouttes of Chemistry by D. N. Trifonov and L. G. Vlasov. This one is for all the people who were waiting for chemistry books. The back cover of the book … Continue reading →

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