Author: Thomas ColemanPublisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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Memorials of the Independent Churches of Northamptonshire
Author: Thomas ColemanPublisher:
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Category : Clergy
Languages : en
Pages : 416
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The Greenes of Rhode Island
Author: George Sears GreenePublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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This work embraces the ancestors & descendants of John Greene, surgeon (1590-1659) who married Joanne Tattershall in 1619 and immigrated from Salisbury, County Wilts, England to Boston Massachusetts in 1635. He settled in Warwick Rhode Island. He married three times due to the unexpected death of his 1st and 2nd wife. He had a long and active political life, holding office almost continuously throughout his life. Descendants primarily lived in the eastern United States.
Prime Obsession
Author: John DerbyshirePublisher: Joseph Henry Press
ISBN: 0309141257
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 447
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In August 1859 Bernhard Riemann, a little-known 32-year old mathematician, presented a paper to the Berlin Academy titled: "On the Number of Prime Numbers Less Than a Given Quantity." In the middle of that paper, Riemann made an incidental remark â€" a guess, a hypothesis. What he tossed out to the assembled mathematicians that day has proven to be almost cruelly compelling to countless scholars in the ensuing years. Today, after 150 years of careful research and exhaustive study, the question remains. Is the hypothesis true or false? Riemann's basic inquiry, the primary topic of his paper, concerned a straightforward but nevertheless important matter of arithmetic â€" defining a precise formula to track and identify the occurrence of prime numbers. But it is that incidental remark â€" the Riemann Hypothesis â€" that is the truly astonishing legacy of his 1859 paper. Because Riemann was able to see beyond the pattern of the primes to discern traces of something mysterious and mathematically elegant shrouded in the shadows â€" subtle variations in the distribution of those prime numbers. Brilliant for its clarity, astounding for its potential consequences, the Hypothesis took on enormous importance in mathematics. Indeed, the successful solution to this puzzle would herald a revolution in prime number theory. Proving or disproving it became the greatest challenge of the age. It has become clear that the Riemann Hypothesis, whose resolution seems to hang tantalizingly just beyond our grasp, holds the key to a variety of scientific and mathematical investigations. The making and breaking of modern codes, which depend on the properties of the prime numbers, have roots in the Hypothesis. In a series of extraordinary developments during the 1970s, it emerged that even the physics of the atomic nucleus is connected in ways not yet fully understood to this strange conundrum. Hunting down the solution to the Riemann Hypothesis has become an obsession for many â€" the veritable "great white whale" of mathematical research. Yet despite determined efforts by generations of mathematicians, the Riemann Hypothesis defies resolution. Alternating passages of extraordinarily lucid mathematical exposition with chapters of elegantly composed biography and history, Prime Obsession is a fascinating and fluent account of an epic mathematical mystery that continues to challenge and excite the world. Posited a century and a half ago, the Riemann Hypothesis is an intellectual feast for the cognoscenti and the curious alike. Not just a story of numbers and calculations, Prime Obsession is the engrossing tale of a relentless hunt for an elusive proof â€" and those who have been consumed by it.
Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula
Author: Paul J. NahinPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691175918
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
In the mid-eighteenth century, Swiss-born mathematician Leonhard Euler developed a formula so innovative and complex that it continues to inspire research, discussion, and even the occasional limerick. Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula shares the fascinating story of this groundbreaking formula—long regarded as the gold standard for mathematical beauty—and shows why it still lies at the heart of complex number theory. In some ways a sequel to Nahin's An Imaginary Tale, this book examines the many applications of complex numbers alongside intriguing stories from the history of mathematics. Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula is accessible to any reader familiar with calculus and differential equations, and promises to inspire mathematicians for years to come.
The Diary of Robert Woodford, 1637-1641
Author: Robert WoodfordPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107036380
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Robert Woodford's diary, here published for the first time with an introduction, provides a unique source for the mid-seventeenth century.
The Ampleforth Journal
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Category : Benedictine movement (Anglican Communion)
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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The History and Antiquities of the County of Northampton
Author: George BakerPublisher:
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Category : Northampton (England)
Languages : en
Pages :
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Calendars of Lincoln Wills
Author: Church of England. Diocese of LincolnPublisher:
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Category : Lincoln (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 254
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Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins Found in Britain and Ireland
Author: Roger BlandPublisher:
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Category : Coin hoards
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Author: Joan Wake