The World of Mathematics, Vol. 2 (Volume 2) (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Vol. 2 of a monumental 4-volume set covers mathematics and the physical world mathematics and social science and the laws of chance with non-technical essays by and about scores of eminent mathematicians economists scientists and others. Individual articles on "Mathematics of Motion " by Galileo Galilei; "Mathematics of Heredity " by Gregor Mendel; "Mathematics of Population and Food " by Thomas Robert Malthus and many more. Informative commentary by noted mathematics scholar James R. Newman precedes each essay. Numerous figures.