Most of us first hear about the irrational number π (pi)—rounded off as 3.14, with an infinite number of decimal digits—in ...

FOR many years Prof. Crew has been lecturing to students of Northwestern University (in Evanston, a suburb of Chicago) on the history of science. He has now put his lecture notes into book form, so ...

Physics 120 - Modern Physics and Mechanics is an introductory course for honours science and engineering science students at Simon Fraser University. The content of this version of PHYS 120 is not ...

THAT Prof. Jauncey's book, now appearing in a second edition, has been reprinted three times since its first publication in 1932 is sufficient testimony to its usefulness. The date of the first ...