On August 10, 1632, five leading Jesuits convened in a sombre Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a simple idea: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and limitlessly tiny parts. The doctrine would become the foundation of calculus, but on that fateful day the judges ruled that it was forbidd[...]

Since the late 1800s psychologists have been interested in discerning the strategies subjects employ to solve psychological tests (Piaget, 1928, Werner, 1940, Gesell, 1941). Much of this work, however, has relied on qualitative observations. In the 1970s, Edith Kaplan adopted this approach to the an[...]

Named in homage to Isidore Ducasse, the Uruguayan-French poet who wrote Maldoror under the name Comte de Lautreamont, and with a knowing nod to John Ashbery's book of the same title, this is the first major English-language survey of contemporary Uruguayan poetry for some 40 years, and features the [...]

A guide to the safe and effective immediate management of patients presenting to A&E with a trauma to the limbs requiring surgery. It covers immediate management of trauma as well as other common emergencies and ward problems seen in plastic and reconstructive surgery.[...]

The present crude oil and natural gas reservoirs around the world have depleted conventional production levels. To continue enhancing productivity for the remaining mature reservoirs, drilling decision-makers could no longer rely on traditional balanced or overbalanced methods of drilling. Derived f[...]

Iran feels isolated and different from other countries. It is a nation or a people that wish to claim allegiance both to the ancient heritage of Persia and to its identity as a Shiite state in the midst of a hostile Arab and Sunni environment. Iranians are also more open to the outside world than an[...]

Matematikk i praksis er skrevet for studenter innenfor ulike realfaglige retninger ved universiteter og høgskoler. På en lettfattelig og engasjerende måte viser forfatterne med en rekke eksempler og oppgaver hvordan matematikk kan brukes for å løse praktiske problemer både i dagliglivet og i f[...]