... Knott HISTORY John H. ArnoldTHE HISTORYOF ASTRONOMYMichael HoskinTHE HISTORYOF LIFEMichael BentonTHE HISTORYOF MATHEMATICS Jacqueline StedallTHE HISTORY OF MEDICINE William BynumTHE HISTORY ... dayCambridge hosts a Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, but Oxford’s equivalent is the SavilianProfessor of Geometry. And unless it should be thought that the association of mathematics with prediction ... some of the mathematicsof the past but to the historyofmathematics itself as amodern academic discipline. Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6dpOxford University Press is a department of...
... of the medical care in ancient Egypt, had additional titles suggesting that they specialized in treating various parts of the body: Physician of the Eyes, Physician of the Belly, Shepherd of ... carried out a trial4 of this Egyptian test, which seems to be more of a test for pregnancy rather than fertility, and determined that non-pregnancy urines and roughly half of the pregnancy urines ... the likelihood of becoming pregnant was proportional to the number of times the woman vomited while sitting on a floor covered in beer mash. That the early stages of pregnancy are often accompanied...
... common?What are their common features?One of the beauties of Descartes’s conception ofgeometry is that itallows us to think of conic sections in terms of equations.As an example, consider the ... Archimedes’s Calculation of the Area of a Circle . 242 Zeno’s Paradox and the Concept of Limit 432.1 The Context of the Paradox? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432.2 The Life of Zeno of Elea . . . . ... the Concept of Limit2.1 The Context of the Paradox?Ancient Greek mathematics from about 500 B.C.E. to 100 C.E.—enjoyedmany successes. The sieve of Eratosthenes, the discovery of infinitelymany...
... the Institute of Problems of Mechanics of the Soviet Academy of Sciences and is alsoknown for her work in the historyof mathematics. Koblitz’s areas of expertise are the historyof science, Russian ... decades, however,a class of professional historians of science trained in history departmentshas arisen and some of them are writing on the historyof mathematics. Thetwo types of writers tend to ... already familar with the historyof mathematics. Howard Eves, An Introduction to the Historyof Mathematics, Holt, Rinehart,and Winston, New York, 1953.Carl Boyer, A Historyof Mathematics, John Wiley...
... survey of the main lines of development of a veryinteresting area of biotechnology research. based on a limited number of characteristic publications. These have been selected on the basis of their ... viewpoint. This point of view is that of a former uni-4N.W.F. KossenFig. 1.Development of modelsThe model consists of balances among these morphological forms, and anumber of kinetic equations ... developed long before the measure-ment of all of the relevant parameters are complete.The second reason is a problem of genetics. The genetics of the production of an enzyme in microorganisms, including...
... birth of the field of biochemical engineer-ing. Following on the heels of the antibiotic products was the development of efficient microbial processes for the manufacture of vitamins (riboflavin,cyanocobalamine,biotin), ... the later development of bio-processes in Japan is the discovery of monosodium l-glutamate as a flavorenhancer of food in 1908. Kikunae Ikeda, Professor of the University of Tokyo,was interested ... battle.Workers at the University of Wisconsin isolated ultraviolet-induced mutants of Demerec’s strain. One of these, Wis. Q-176, which produced 550 mg/ml, is theparent of most of the strains used in...
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... OxfordProfessor Carolyn Brown, Department of History, Rutgers UniversityProfessor Christopher Clapham, Centre of African Studies, Cambridge UniversityProfessor Michael Gomez, Department of History, ... Iliffe was Professor of African History at the University of Cambridge and is aFellow of St. John’s College. He is the author of several books on Africa, includingAmodern historyof Tanganyika ... York UniversityProfessor David Robinson, Department of History, Michigan State UniversityProfessor Leonardo A. Villalon, Center for African Studies, University of FloridaA list of books in this...
... reservoir of chronically infected persons is estimated at 170 million, or 3% of the global population. There is much controversy surrounding the natural historyof hepatitis C infection. The rate of ... 10%-15% of HCV-infected persons will advance to cirrhosis within the first 20 years. Persons with cirrhosis are at increased risk of developing HCC. An understanding of the natural history of hepatitis ... (HCC). The rate of progression to cirrhosis is highly variable, and is influenced by several factors, including the amount of alcohol consumption, age of initial HCV infection, degree of inflammation...
... 1/26000 of the whole, he was able to include the precession of the equinoxes in his explanation of the seasons. His explanation AUTHOR OF “THE TRANSIT OF VENUS,” RENDU’S “THEORY OF THE GLACIERS OF ... the course of events, and as a guide to the choice of a course of action. This idea of cause and effect is the most potent factor in developing the historyof the human race, as of the individual. ... chronologies of ancient races is to fix the actual dates of observations recorded, and this is not a part of a historyof astronomy. In conclusion, let us bear in mind the limited point of view of the...
... Tragical Historyof Doctor Faustus Enter CHORUS. CHORUS. Not marching now in fields of Thrasymene, Where Mars did mate[1] the Carthaginians; Nor sporting in the dalliance of love, In courts of ... DUCHESS OF VANHOLT LUCIFER. BELZEBUB. MEPHISTOPHILIS. Good Angel. Evil Angel. The Seven Deadly Sins. Devils. Spirits in the shapes of ALEXANDER THE GREAT, of his Paramour and of HELEN. ... GREAT, of his Paramour and of HELEN. Chorus. The Tragical Historyof Dr. Faustus Dramatis Personae 3 The Tragical Historyof Doctor Faustus 4 Notes 48 ...