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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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
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.
Industrial organization > United States > History.
Mathematicians > United States > Biography.
Astronomers > United States > Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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