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A necessary book, even if one knows no more than calculus or real analysis.
I myself find it unfortunate that Robinson chose Rusellian "type theory" in order to create "enalargements" which still retain "prenex normal forms" of wffs.Especially given that he had already published a ground-breaking book on Model Theory.But once I accepted this (easy to do), it was fascinating to witness the setting forth the foundations for a precise, exact definition of the infinitesimal.Of this work Gödel wrote that the lack of any serious definition of the infinitesimal ("The ghost of a departed number", wrote Bishop Berkeley) over the course of 430 years will generate over this current century much-needed examination as to why the infinitesimal escaped all rigorous foundation.
Indeed.Especially since the reals were defined as either Dedekind cuts or Cauchy limits, yet the real numbers these two ways of generating them turn out not to be the same set of real numbers. ... Read more

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One of the most prominent mathematicians of the 20th century, Abraham Robinson discovered and developed nonstandard analysis, a theory that he used to unite mathematical logic with the larger body of historic and modern mathematics. Historian Joseph Dauben combines an explanation of Robinson's revolutionary achievements with a description of his odyssey from Hitler's Germany to the United States via Palestine and wartime Europe. 98 photos. ... Read more

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Excelent, you must get it now.
This is a detailed and extensive biography of Abraham Robinson, from his chilhood to his life in Yale. A well-writen and most carefully researched text that is a plesure to read. I love this book, specialy chapter four,Robinson war years, and chapter eigth, when he was is UCLA. You don't haveto read Robinsons "Non-Standard Analysis" to apreciate this book,but knowing the implication in modern mathematics of it will help. All inall, a superb biography and specially great for epistemology ofnon-standard analysis. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: Buenos Ayres : J.-A. BernheimPublication date: 1854Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Science and Its Times, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 1349 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.The histories of science, technology, and mathematics merge with the study of humanities and social science in this interdisciplinary reference work. Essays on people, theories, discoveries, and concepts are combined with overviews, bibliographies of primary documents, and chronological elements to offer students a fascinating way to understand the impact of science on the course of human history and how science affects everyday life. Entries represent people and developments throughout the world, from about 2000 B.C. through the end of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: People From Wałbrzych, Abraham Robinson, Sebastian Janikowski, Krzesimir Dębski, Urszula Włodarczyk, Piotr Włodarczyk, Bartosz Kurek, Agnieszka Wieszczek, Ryszard Wawryniewicz, Julian Kwit, Rusinowa. Excerpt: Wabrzych - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The German name Waldenburg (meaning "forest castle") refers to the castle Nowy Dwór, whose ruins stand south of the city; the name came to be used for the entire settlement. The Polish name Wabrzych comes from the German name Walbrich, a late medieval linguistic variation of the older names "Wallenberg" or "Walmberg". According to the website of the Wabrzych City Office, the city's predecessor was an early medieval Slavic settlement named Lasogród ("forest castle"), whose inhabitants engaged in hunting, honey gathering, and later agriculture. The website further says Lasogród lated developed into a defensive fort, the remains of which were destroyed in the 19th century during expansion of the city. Historians Hugo Weczerka and John Koch say that no archaeological or written records support a Slavic settlement or the existence of a castle before the late 13th century. They say that during the Middle Ages the area of Wabrzych was part of the Silesian Przesieka, a dense, unpopulated forest. According to a writing from 1667 by jurist and historian Ephraim Ignatius Naso, Wabrzych already existed as a small village in 1191, but the source is not reliable and the possibility is also rejected by Weczerka. According to Weczerka, Wabrzych was founded between 1290 and 1293 on a cleared spot in the mountains near the castle of Nowy Dwór (German: ), and first mentioned as Waldenberc in 1305. Nowy Dwór, probably built around the same time, was first mentioned as "newe haus" in 1365, and built by Bolko I of t... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=74606 ... Read more

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Abraham Robinson was a mathematician who is most widelyknown for development of non-standard analysis, amathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal andinfinite numbers were incorporated into mathematics. He wasborn to a Jewish family with strong Zionist beliefs, inWaldenburg, Germany, which is now Wałbrzych, in Poland. In1933, he immigrated to Palestine, where he earned a firstdegree from the Hebrew University. Robinson was in Francewhen the Nazis invaded during World War II, and escaped bytrain and on foot, being alternately questioned by Frenchsoldiers suspicious of his German passport and asked bythem to share his map, which was more detailed than theirs.While in London, he joined the Free French Air Force andcontributed to the war effort by teaching himselfaerodynamics and becoming an expert on the airfoils used inthe wings of fighter planes ... Read more