The History of Mathematical Tables

The History of Mathematical Tables
Author: Martin Campbell-Kelly
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2003-10-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780198508410

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This book contains a series of articles summarizing the technical, institutional and intellectual history of mathematical tables from earliest times until the late 20th century when the electronic spreadsheet changed the way information is processed.

Mathematical Table Makers

Mathematical Table Makers
Author: Raymond Clare Archibald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1948
Genre: Mathematicians
ISBN:

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Mathematical Table Makers

Mathematical Table Makers
Author: Raymond Clare Archibald
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1948
Genre: Mathematicians
ISBN:

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Manuel the Table Maker

Manuel the Table Maker
Author: Gigi Carunungan
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2021-04-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9781954963115

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Manuel's Shape studio is famous for making tables out of different shapes. One day, a family visits Manuel's studio to buy a dining table. Manuel and his nephew Amyel teach the family about how triangles make different shapes. They also learn about rectangles and other shapes. the family design an animal shape table.

Chaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955–1963

Chaim L. Pekeris and the Art of Applying Mathematics with WEIZAC, 1955–1963
Author: Leo Corry
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2023-04-24
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031271254

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This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel, the Weizmann Automatic Computer (WEIZAC), to develop powerful numerical methods that helped achieve new and accurate solutions of the Boltzmann equation, calculate energy levels of the helium atom, produce detailed geophysical and seismological models derived from the study of the free oscillations of the earth, and refine models used to predict meteorological phenomena and global oceanic tides. This book provides a unique account of the pioneering work of Chaim L. Pekeris in applied mathematics and explains in detail the background to the rise of the Weizmann Institute as a world-class center of scientific excellence. This hitherto untold story is of great interest to historians of twentieth-century science with special emphasis on the application of computer-assisted numerical methods in various branches of mathematical physics.

The Origins of Digital Computers

The Origins of Digital Computers
Author: Brian Randell
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 614
Release: 1982-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9783540113195

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Mathematical Tables

Mathematical Tables
Author: British Association for the Advancement of Science. Committee for the Calculation of Mathematical Tables
Publisher:
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1937
Genre:
ISBN:

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Mathematics at the Meridian

Mathematics at the Meridian
Author: Raymond Flood
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2019-11-11
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1351253891

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Greenwich has been a centre for scientific computing since the foundation of the Royal Observatory in 1675. Early Astronomers Royal gathered astronomical data with the purpose of enabling navigators to compute their longitude at sea. Nevil Maskelyne in the 18th century organised the work of computing tables for the Nautical Almanac, anticipating later methods used in safety-critical computing systems. The 19th century saw influential critiques of Charles Babbage’s mechanical calculating engines, and in the 20th century Leslie Comrie and others pioneered the automation of computation. The arrival of the Royal Naval College in 1873 and the University of Greenwich in 1999 has brought more mathematicians and different kinds of mathematics to Greenwich. In the 21st century computational mathematics has found many new applications. This book presents an account of the mathematicians who worked at Greenwich and their achievements. Features A scholarly but accessible history of mathematics at Greenwich, from the seventeenth century to the present day, with each chapter written by an expert in the field The book will appeal to astronomical and naval historians as well as historians of mathematics and scientific computing.