Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
November 2012 - December 2012
These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.
Additional information about each title can be found in the catalog (click on the title). For older acquisition lists choose from Select another list. To request any of these titles please contact your local library branch.
| Non-Fiction | Computer science, information & general worksPhilosophy & psychologyReligionSocial sciencesLanguage Science TechnologyArts & recreationLiteratureHistory & geography |
1 to 8 of 8
 | NEW RELEASE By Hardy, G. H. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: 500 Call Number: 510 HAR "G. H. Hardy was one of this century's finest mathematical thinkers, renowned among his contemporaries as a 'real mathematician ... the purest of the pure'. He was also, as C. P. Snow recounts in his Foreword, 'unorthodox, eccentric, radical, ready to talk about anything'. This 'apology', written in 1940 as his mathematical powers were declining, offers a brilliant and engaging account of mathematics as very much more than a science; when it was first published, Graham Greene hailed it alongside Henry James's notebooks as 'the best account of what it was like to be a creative artist'. C. P. Snow's Foreword gives sympathetic and witty insights into Hardy's life, with its rich store of anecdotes concerning his collaboration with the brilliant Indian mathematician Ramanujan, his aphorisms and idiosyncrasies, and his passion for cricket. This is a unique account of the fascination of mathematics and of one of its most compelling exponents in modern times."--Publisher's description. |
 | By Miller, Robert Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: 500 Call Number: 515 MIL Study guide to assist students in conquering calculus, including step-by-step explanations of limits, derivatives, and integrals, and methods for tackling topics such as asymptotes and infinite series, logarithms, and calculus word problems. |
 | By Curran, Greg Publishing Date: c2005 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530 CUR Contains an introduction to physics, providing an overview of the fundamental terms, concepts, formulas, and applications, with information on kinematics, projectile motion, forces, friction, electrostatics, electricity, magnetism, light, nuclear reactions, and more. |
 | By Holzner, Steven Publishing Date: c2007 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530 HOL |
 | NEW RELEASE Sears & Zemansky's college physics By Young, Hugh D. Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530 YOU |
 | 3000 solved problems in physics By Halpern, Alvin M. Publishing Date: c1988 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530.076 HAL |
 | By Oman, Robert M. Publishing Date: c1997 Classification: 500 Call Number: 530.076 OMA |
 | The power of the sea: tsunamis, storm surges, rogue waves, and our quest to predict disasters By Parker, Bruce B. Publishing Date: 2010 Classification: 500 Call Number: 551.46 PAR "Classics from Moby Dick to A Perfect Storm have sought to capture mankind's obsession with the might and the mystery of the sea. And the greatest minds for centuries, including Isaac Newton, Napoleon, and Benjamin Franklin, have worked to understand and predict when its next act of destruction will occur. The awesome power of the earth's oceans have been at the forefront of everyone's minds in recent years, from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (230,000 dead) to the devastation of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina to the unknown consequences of the melting of thousands of glaciers as the Earth's temperature slowly rises. Bruce Parker, former Chief Scientist for the National Ocean Service, brings together the breathtaking history of man's relationship with the sea with the latest scientific breakthroughs to explore in this wide-sweeping, fascinating narrative"-- |
1 to 8 of 8