Nathaniel Bowditch and the Power of Numbers : How a Nineteenth-Century Man of Business, Science, and the Sea Changed American Life /

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"Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), a mathematician, astronomer, and insurance executive--and a major agent of Enlightenment-era change ... took his personal work habits and blended them with the certainty and predictability of the science that he studied, creating something completely new for his...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Thornton, Tamara Plakins, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bowditch, Nathaniel, > 1773-1838.
Mathematicians.
Industrial organization.
Astronomers.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
MATHEMATICS > Reference.
MATHEMATICS > Pre-Calculus.
MATHEMATICS > Essays.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Industrie > Organisation, contrôle, etc. > États-Unis > Histoire.
Mathematiciens > États-Unis > Biographies.
Astronomes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Industrial organization > United States > History.
Mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Astronomers > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Born into Salem
  • Parts unknown
  • The navigator
  • Gentleman actuary
  • Celestial events
  • The prudent man
  • The clockwork corporation
  • Harvard and other imperfect mechanisms
  • Apogee
  • Final reckonings.

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