Gina Kolata
Author
Publisher
Union Square & Co
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
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Description
"Some of the pieces included here are important and some are curiosities, but all are absorbing . . . Recommended for casual and serious math enthusiasts." —Library Journal
From the archives of the world's most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. Big and informative, The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 articles written from 1892 to 2010 that cover statistics,...
From the archives of the world's most famous newspaper comes a collection of its very best writing on mathematics. Big and informative, The New York Times Book of Mathematics gathers more than 110 articles written from 1892 to 2010 that cover statistics,...
2) Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
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Language
English
Description
Studies the history of the flu, focusing on the influenza pandemic of 1918, and discusses how the government has tried to discover what caused the pandemic and prevent it from occurring again.