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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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A classic in lousy copy
I read the wonderful book "The Problem of the Earth's Shape from Newton to Clairaut : The Rise of Mathematical Science in Eighteenth-Century Paris and the Fall of 'Normal' Science " by Greenberg and thought it a good idea to read the old classic by Todhunter. I was very glad to find the volumes back in print and ordered both volumes. Well, good to have them, but ... The pages of the book look as if mediocre xerox technique was used to produce photocopies. You can even see xeroxed fuzzes on some pages! The binding is miles away from former Dover paperbacks (it seems to be glued together) so that I fear opening the pages too much. I one word: This is not what I would understand being a "reprint". ... Read more

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

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Publisher: London MacmillanPublication date: 1885Subjects: Euclid's ElementsNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1858.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1878.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1886-93.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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An unabridged reproduction of the fourth edition, with all text and any figures digitally enlarged. ... Read more

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Good reference, but be fluent with languages
I consider it a good book. It brings a lot of information about the most important mathematicians and their discovery in probability and it is a classic with a good division of chapters and topics. The explanations of the discoveries are well done. You can see (even by looking the table of contents) that very few of the most important authors in the area are lacking. But it also has some problems. It happens that it quotes the original works in French and Latin in big paragraphs without translation. Well with French I 'm OK, but dead languages are not my field .




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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Spike Milligan, Tom Baker, John Fletcher, Joan Aiken, Isaac Todhunter, Viola Bayley, Jane Aiken Hodge, William Loftus, Fred Boreham, John Howlett, John Braxton Hicks. Excerpt:Fred Boreham Frederick ' Fred ' Boreham (born 8 July, 1885 in Rye died 1951) was a professional footballer who played for Tunbridge Wells Rangers , Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton . Football career After spells with Tunbridge Wells Rangers and Leyton, Boreham joined Tottenham Hotspur. The goalkeeper played a total of 20 matches for the Lilywhites between 1908 09. He returned to Leyton where he ended his career. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Isaac Todhunter Isaac Todhunter FRS (23 November 1820 1 March 1884), was an English mathematician who is best known today for the books he wrote on mathematics and its history. Life and work The son of George Todhunter, a Nonconformist minister, and Mary née Hume, he was born at Rye , Sussex . He was educated at Hastings , where his mother had opened a school after the death of his father in 1826. He became an assistant master at a school at Peckham , attending at the same time evening classes at the University College, London where he was influenced by Augustus De Morgan . In 1842 he obtained a mathematical scholarship and graduated as B.A. at London University , where he was awarded the gold medal on the M.A. examination. About this time he became mathematical master at a school at Wimbledon . In 1844 Todhunter entered St John's College, Cambridge , where he was senior wrangler in 1848, and gained the first Smith's prize and the Burney prize; and in 1849 he was elected to a fellowship, and began his life of college lecturer and private tutor. In 1862 he was made a fellow of the Royal Society , and in 1865 a member of the Mathematic... ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Volume II Contains Saint-Venant To Lord Kelvin, Part II. This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more