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INTRODUCTION
I hope that this book will be of interest to students of mathematics and other disciplines related to mathematics, such as theoretical physics and theoretical chemistry.
An apology
must apologize for the fact that the level of the book is uneven. Chapters 1-8, as well as Appendices A and B, are suitable for students who would like to learn calculus and differential equations. However, the remainder of the book is more demanding, and is suitable for more advanced students.
Human history as cultural history
We need to reform our teaching of history so that the emphasis will be placed on the gradual growth of human culture and knowledge, a growth to which all nations and ethnic groups have contributed.
This book is part of a series on cultural history. Here is a list of the other books in the series that have, until now, been completed:
The pdf files of these books may be freely downloaded and circulated from here and here.
Read the entire book above or download it here.
We thank John Scales Avery, a renowned intellectual, EACPE board member, and theoretical chemist at the University of Copenhagen, for giving us permission to reproduce his latest book for EACPE.
