math
Natural Tangents
Astra Castra
Mathematical Modeling of Biological Systems
“The basic premise of this book is that mathematical procedures are useful, and sometimes necessary, for the description and understanding of biological systems,” writes author Harvey J. Gold. Biological systems are among the most complex systems studied by scientists. Models are used to explain systems and to study different variables in an objective way. Today most mathematical models are run on computers, but when this book was published in the 1970s, computer information systems were relatively new and most equations were calculated manually.
Correct diagram of a ball field from Spalding's base ball guide, and official league book.
Pineapple from Birds and nature.
View in the Gardens of Eaton Hall from The gardens of England.
The Borda Repeating Circle from The measure of the world.
The voyagers looking down upon the giant's caussway from The balloon travels of Robert Merry and his young friends over various countries in Europe.
Colombie, Malacca, and Batjan by E. A. Séguy (1889-1985), Papillons.
Multivariate Data Analysis
Data analysis and data modeling are extremely important in the world of ecology, so it is no surprise that the three titles with the most checkouts per year at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Library are all statistics or modeling texts, including Multivariate Data Analysis. Multivariate analysis “refers to all statistical methods that simultaneously analyze multiple measurement on each individual or object under investigation." This book is a particularly powerful tool for researchers without formal training in statistics.
Algorithmus Linealis Numeratione[m]
One of the earliest treatises on calculation by the aid of counters on an abacus. In the dedication, Heinrich Stromer von Auerbach (1482-1542) refers to Aristotle and Boethius. There is a brief introduction on the use of counters or projectiles, then the work covers addition, subtraction, duplication, mediation, multiplication, division, progression, and the rule of three.
De Natura et Veritate Methodi Fluxionum
A scarce copy of Daniel Melander's (1726-1810) dissertation on the rival claims and speculations that led to a concrete understanding of the nature and beauty of calculus. Melander was a student at Uppsala and later became lecturer in physics and professor of astronomy. In 1782 he moved to Stockholm, where he became one of the leading scientists in Sweden, with a major worldwide correspondence.
