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The adjective “applied” is used by Mr. Bisacre to imply “the treatment of practical problems being preceded by a fairly full discussion of the necessary theory.” We thus get a competent elementary account of the differential and the integral calculus, followed by applications to curves, maxima and minima, electricity and magnetism, chemical dynamics and thermodynamics. The chapter on electricity and magnetism is too short, while that on thermodynamics is quite long. An attempt is made to clear up the mystery of limits, but the success would be more certain if the example used for the purpose were not the rather trivial one of finding the limiting value of x2 when x becomes equal to 10. It is doubtful whether “epsilonology ” is at all in place in such a book, and the practical student will scarcely be impressed with its value in view of the author's treatment. The tables should have been more extensive; as they stand their usefulness is very limited.
Applied Calculus: An Introductory Text-book.
By F. F. P. Bisacre. Pp. xvi + 446. (London: Blackie and Son, Ltd., 1921.) 10s 6d. net.
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B., S. Applied Calculus: An Introductory Text-book . Nature 110, 411 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110411b0
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