The Continuum and Other Types of Serial Order

The Continuum and Other Types of Serial Order"An admirable introduction to the rigorous theory of the continuum."Science Progress "Extremely readable . . . a clear axiomatically constructed introduction."Elemente der Mathematik This classic of mathematics presents the best systematic elementary account of the modern theory of the continuum as a type of serial order. Based on the Dedekind Cantor ordinal theory, this text requires no knowledge of higher mathematics. Contents include a historical

this first-year chemistry text revolutionized the teaching of chemistry by presenting it in terms of unifying principles instead of as a body of unrelated facts

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Nobel Prize–winner Henri Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres