November 20, 2009
New Arrivals · Mathematics & Physics
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
A brilliant darkness : the extraordinary life and disappearance of Ettore Majorana, the troubled genius of the nuclear age
November 18, 2009
Magueijo, João.
New York : Basic Books, c2009.
xxi, 280 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
One of the greatest mysteries of twentieth-century science: a tormented genius discovers a key element of atomic fission, then disappears forever
Prologue : a moment of fatigue or moral discomfort -- Life : the grand inquisitor. The attic of 251 Via Etnea -- Nuclear crisis -- Frankenstein's youth -- Poltergeist exposed -- Bread and sperm -- Strong interactions -- Meet Ettore Majorana -- Boys will be boys -- Neutrinos from Transylvania -- Ode to the vanquished -- Creation and annihilation -- The serpent's egg -- His unfinished symphony -- The hand that rocks the cradle -- Stellar collapse -- Artichokes -- Meanwhile, at Via Panisperna -- The crepuscule of Via Panisperna -- Ettore's neutrino -- The quiet before the storm -- The search party -- Afterlife : the dark matter. Pagliacci -- A pirandellian intermezzo -- Don't cry for him, Argentina -- They thought the sun was sick -- The sign of the beast -- Ettore Majorana -- A vote of silence -- Epilogue : Mediterranean whales.
Pre-calculus know-it-all
November 18, 2009
Gibilisco, Stan.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010.
xiii, 589 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
When you cant get to a tutor, and your teacher and expensive textbook are not working, Pre-Calculus Know-it-ALL provides all the instruction youll need to master the topic. This is the perfect book to bridge the massive and essential topics of algebra and calculus, and to complete a fantastic third offering in the Know-it-ALL series.
Includes index.
Perfect rigor : a genius and the mathematical breakthrough of the century
October 26, 2009
Gessen, Masha.
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009.
xi, 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
In 2006, eccentric Russian mathematician Grigori Perelman solved one of the world's greatest intellectual puzzles. For this feat, Perelman will be awarded a prize of one million dollars, and he will likely decline it. Gessen investigates his gripping yet tragic story of genius.
Quantum leaps
October 15, 2009
Bernstein, Jeremy, 1929-
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
vi, 230 p. ; 19 cm.
Schaum's outlines : physics for engineering and science
October 2, 2009
Browne, Michael E.
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010.
xiii, 427 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
A classic Schaum's Outline, thoroughly updated to match the latest course scope and sequence. The ideal review for the thousands of engineering and science students who enroll in courses that require physics.
Rev. ed. of: Schaum's outline of theory and problems of physics for engineering and science. c1999.
Includes index.
Schaum's outline of business statistics
September 29, 2009
Kazmier, Leonard J., 1930-
New York : Schaum, c2004.
xiii, 404 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
A classic Schaum's Outline, now in the handsome new series cover design. The ideal review for the thousands of students who enroll in business statistics courses.
Includes index.
Schaum's outline of beginning calculus
September 24, 2009
Mendelson, Elliott.
New York : McGraw-Hill, 2008.
xi, 391 p. : ill. 28 cm.
A classic Schaum's bestseller, thoroughly updated to match the latest course scope and sequence. The ideal review for the hundreds of thousands of college and high school students who enroll in introductory calculus courses.
Includes index.
Collider : the search for the world's smallest particles
September 15, 2009
Halpern, Paul, 1961-
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Halpern (physics and mathematics, U. of the Sciences, Philadelphia) has a good track record for explaining complex science to general readers, most notably in his What's Science Ever Done for Us?. Here he narrows his focus to subatomic particles, and the subparticles that comprise them, and so on and so on down to the most fundamental nugget of existence. The particles are described in the context of the theoretical work that predicted them, and empirical research--particularly the technology--that discovered them. His topics include the quest for a theory of everything, Rutherford's scattering experiments, the first accelerators, the Tevatron and the Super Proton Synchrotron, building the Large Hadron Collider, looking for portals to higher dimensions, and microscopic black holes. Annotation©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Number freak : from 1 to 200, the hidden language of numbers revealed
September 11, 2009
Niederman, Derrick.
New York : Penguin, 2009.
ix, 291 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Niederman takes readers on a guided tour of the numbers 1 to 300--covering everything from basic mathematical principles and ancient, unsolved theorems to sublime theory and arcane trivia.
"A Perigee book."
Schaum's outline of college algebra
September 10, 2009
Spiegel, Murray R.
New York ; London : McGraw-Hill, 2006.
xii, 388 p. ; 28 cm.
Students love Schaum's Outlines because they produce results. Each year, hundreds of thousands of students improve their test scores and final grades with these indispensable study guides.
Fundamental operations with numbers -- Fundamental operations with algebraic expressions -- Properties of numbers -- Special products -- Factoring -- Fractions -- Exponents -- Radicals -- Simple operations with complex numbers -- Equations in general -- Ratio, proportion, and variation -- Functions and graphs -- Linear equations in one variable -- Equations of lines -- Simultaneous linear equations -- Quadratic equations in one variable -- Conic sections -- Systems of equations involving quadratics -- Inequalities -- Polynomial functions -- Rational functions -- Sequences and series -- Logarithms -- Applications of logarithms and exponents -- Permutations and combinations -- The binomial theorem -- Probability -- Determinants -- Matrices -- Mathematical induction -- Partial fractions -- Table of common logarithms -- Table of natural logarithms.
Includes index.
Previous ed.: 1998.
Descriptive pamphlet on stream-gaging equipment
September 10, 2009
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
[Cincinnati, OH] : United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1940-1942.
2 v. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Copy in Genealogy & Local History Dept., Cincinnati Room, has original printed wrapers. C.2 has several property stamps and "withdrawn" stamped in red.
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