PI Press.PI Press 1185 Avenue of Americas, 26th Floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY, 10036 www.pipress.net Number have become a science, and much has already been written about him--but Tobias Dantzig Tobias Dantzig (February 19, 1884 – August 9, 1956) was a Russian American mathematician, the father of George Dantzig, and the author of NUMBER: The Language of Science. Born in Latvia, Dantzig studied mathematics with Henri Poincaré in Paris. 's NUMBER; THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE (0131856278 $23.95) was a major masterpiece classic on the topic and is back in print under PI Press's 'Masterpiece Science' series which returns science writing classics to modern eyes. Dantzig's history tells how numbers evolved over time, including discussions of their properties and puzzles associated with numbers. Let's hope this excellent classic survey doesn't readily go out of print again! Mark Norell's UNEARTHING THE DRAGON: THE GREAT FEATHERED feath·ered adj. 1. Covered, provided, or adorned with feathers. 2. Having feathering, as an animal's coat. 3. Moving swiftly: feathered feet. 4. DINOSAUR dinosaur (dī`nəsôr) [Gr., = terrible lizard], extinct land reptile of the Mesozoic era. The dinosaurs, which were egg-laying animals, ranged in length from 2 1-2 ft (91 cm) to about 127 ft (39 m). DISCOVERY (0131862669, $30.00) is the first book to chart the latest change in our ideas about dinosaurs <onlyinclude> This list of dinosaurs is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the superorder Dinosauria, excluding class Aves (birds, both living and those known only from fossils) and purely vernacular terms. , based on new fossil discoveries in China made by author Mark Norell himself. Both a personal account of his adventures and discoveries in China and a survey of dinosaur theory which now seems to link them to birds, UNEARTHING THE DRAGON provides both a personal story of investigation in a very different culture, and a scientific expose backed by photos and drawings by Mick Ellison. Diane C. Donovan West Coast Editor |
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