A Place in the World
A Place in the World

Author: Axel Harneit-Sievers

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9789004123038

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"Readership: Historians and social anthropologists of Africa and India and all those interested in modern intellectual history, in the interactions between orality and literacy, and in local/global and local/state relationships."--BOOK JACKET.

A Daughter of Two Mothers
A Daughter of Two Mothers

Author: Miriam Cohen

Publisher: Feldheim Publishers

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 9781583309322

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Written by best-selling author Miriam Cohen, A Daughter of Two Mothers is the incredible, true account of a handicapped widow's forced separation from her infant daughter, the years of longing and searching, the legal battle, and the subsequent destruction brought by the Nazis. Open this book and you will step into the world of a generation gone, of pre- and post-war Hungarian Jewry, as young Leichu moves between two communities and their divergent lifestyles. This is a gripping story of separation and reunion, of pure faith and acceptance of G-d's will, and of triumph over despair.

The History of Approximation Theory
The History of Approximation Theory

Author: Karl-Georg Steffens

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-07-28

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 081764475X

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* Exciting exposition integrates history, philosophy, and mathematics * Combines a mathematical analysis of approximation theory with an engaging discussion of the differing philosophical underpinnings behind its development * Appendices containing biographical data on numerous eminent mathematicians, explanations of Russian nomenclature and academic degrees, and an excellent index round out the presentation