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    Liberty’s Grid

    Amir Alexander

    The surprising history behind a ubiquitous facet of the United States: the gridded landscape.

    Seen from an airplane, much of the United States appears to be a gridded land of…

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    Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical

    Amir Alexander

    The author offers an eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped the world.

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    Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

    Amir Alexander

    The epic battle over a mathematical concept that shook the old order and shaped the world as we know it. –

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    Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics

    Amir Alexander

    Alexander shows how popular stories about mathematicians are really morality tales about their craft as it relates to the world. In the eighteenth century, he says, mathematicians were idealized as…

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    Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World

    Assoc. Prof. Amir Alexander

    The epic story of the origin of calculus

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    Geometrical Landscapes: The Voyages of Discovery and the Transformation of Mathematical Practice

    Amir R. Alexander

    This title argues that a new way of speaking of mathematics and describing it emerged at the end of the 16th century. Leading mathematicians like Hariot, Stevin, Galileo and Cavalieri…

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    Equity-Linked Life Insurance: Partial Hedging Methods

    Alexander Melnikov (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada),Amir Nosrati (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

    This book focuses on the application of the partial hedging approach from modern math finance to equity-linked life insurance contracts. It provides an accessible, up-to-date introduction to quantifying financial and…

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    Equity-Linked Life Insurance: Partial Hedging Methods

    Alexander Melnikov (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada),Amir Nosrati (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)

    This book focuses on the application of the partial hedging approach from modern math finance to equity-linked life insurance contracts. It provides an accessible, up-to-date introduction to quantifying financial and…

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    Chirurgische Sofortmassnahmen

    Chirurgische Sofortmassnahmen by G. H. Willital - an established classic in a new edition - provides valuable orientation for every surgically active physician. The book covers all diseases and accidents…

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    Tel Miqne 9/1 and 9/3B (2-vol. set): The Iron Age IC: Early Philistine City

    Trude Dothan,Yosef Garfinkel,Seymour (Sy) Gitin (Dorot Director and Professor of Archaeology Emeritus, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research)

    Tel Miqne-Ekron Field IV Lower-The Elite Zone, The Iron Age I and IIC, The Early and Late Philistine Cities, Parts 9/1-9/3B present the evidence of two large Philistines cites, one…

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