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Anneli Lax: In Memoriam, Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto Dec 1999

Anneli Lax: In Memoriam, Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Aug 1999

The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

TOP "i Volume 9, Number 4 MUIR Fall 1999 VULUMJ, J, HUMbEK 1 i; TALL 1333 newsXhtter John Muir's Struggle in the North: Travels in Alaska and The Cruise of the Corwin by Hal Crimmel, Ph.D. raditionally, Muir's reputation has been that of America's foremost wilderness lover, sage, and advocate, unrelenting in his quest for a pure wilderness experience. "For Muir, wilderness was not a confrontation," Harold Simonson tells us, "but a confirmation."1 This is the Muir that captured the public's imagination, j|e Muir who could write, "The whole wilderness seems to be alive and familiar, full of humanity. The …


An Informal History Of Classical Rhetoric For Mathematicians (Plato And Aristotle), Phillip Keith, Sandra Z. Keith Jul 1999

An Informal History Of Classical Rhetoric For Mathematicians (Plato And Aristotle), Phillip Keith, Sandra Z. Keith

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Jun 1999

The John Muir Newsletter, Summer 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

NEW Reconstructing John Muir's First Public Lecture, Sacramento, 1876 by Steve Pauly, Pleasant Hill, California (Editor's Note: This is the third section of Steve Mauley's article which began with the Winter issue.) rock about two miles west of Lake Tenaya has a train of boulders derived from it. The boulders are scattered along a level ridge, where they have not ben disturbed in any appreciable degree since they came to rest toward the close of a glacial period. An examination of the rock proves conclusively that not only were they - rnany of which are twelve feet in diameter - …


The Deconstruction Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki May 1999

The Deconstruction Of Mathematics, David J. Stucki

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

This paper is a criticism of Reuben Hersh's What is Mathematics, Really? and the humanist philosophy of mathematics.


Teaching Linear Algebra And Abstract Algebra With Two Way Video And Audio, Edward Reinke May 1999

Teaching Linear Algebra And Abstract Algebra With Two Way Video And Audio, Edward Reinke

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

An outline of a presentation discussing teaching two different algebra courses long-distance as well as in a classroom.


Lewis Carroll: Author, Mathematician, And Christian, David L. Neuhouser May 1999

Lewis Carroll: Author, Mathematician, And Christian, David L. Neuhouser

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Although a Christian, an author, and a mathematician, Charles Letwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll) wrote very few works in which these three aspects of his person was present. The only examples of him merging these interests are in Sylvie and Bruno and Sylvie and Bruno Concluded. This paper will explore what motivated him to make these works and whether or not they were successful.


Book Review - The Language Of Mathematics: Making The Invisible Visible By Kieth Devlin, Charles R. Hampton May 1999

Book Review - The Language Of Mathematics: Making The Invisible Visible By Kieth Devlin, Charles R. Hampton

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Charles R. Hampton reviews The Language of Mathematics: Making the Invisible Visible. By Kieth Devlin. W. H. Freeman and Company, 1998


Book Review: Virtual Gods: The Seduction Of Power And Pleasure In Cyberspace, Jonathan R. Senning May 1999

Book Review: Virtual Gods: The Seduction Of Power And Pleasure In Cyberspace, Jonathan R. Senning

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

This paper is a review of Virtual Gods: The Seduction of Power and Pleasure in Cyberspace, edited by Tal Brooke, Harvest House Publishers, 1997.


Tracking The Trochoid On Safari, Andrew Simoson May 1999

Tracking The Trochoid On Safari, Andrew Simoson

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

While on sabbatical in Dar es Salaam in 1997–98, I was tasked to be the department’s seminar director and discovered that a dearth of speakers roam about in east Africa; so I opted to set up a lecture tour for myself to include Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Botswana as well as Tanzania—and spoke about the envelope of curves generated by a series of line segments obtained when two runners attached by an ideal bungee cord (the line segments) proceed about a circular track. Herein we describe life in east Africa and show that those envelopes are trochoids.


Revolutions In Mathematics (Book Review), Kevin Vander Meulen May 1999

Revolutions In Mathematics (Book Review), Kevin Vander Meulen

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

A review of Revolutions in Mathematics, edited by Donald Gillies, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1992.


A Mathematician At The Science And Theology Book Club, Greg Crow May 1999

A Mathematician At The Science And Theology Book Club, Greg Crow

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

This paper is a case study of the insights gained and the contributions made in a weekly Science and Theology Faculty Book Club. The contribution of other group members to the expansion of one’s general understanding of their fields is demonstrated in increased vocabulary, use of existing theoretical models, glimpses of the depth of their disciplines, and in the recognition of the need for humility. The mathematician may contribute by helping to clarify definitions, by applying basic ideas in their own and related fields, and only very rarely by bringing their own research to the table.


Book Review, David J. Stucki May 1999

Book Review, David J. Stucki

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

A book review of Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science by Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont.


Preface (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Preface (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective


Introduction (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Introduction (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective


Table Of Contents (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Table Of Contents (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective


Schedule (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences May 1999

Schedule (1999), Association Of Christians In The Mathematical Sciences

ACMS Conference Proceedings 1999

Twelfth ACMS Conference on Mathematics from a Christian Perspective


The John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies Apr 1999

The John Muir Newsletter, Spring 1999, The John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters, 1981-2015

NEWSLETTER c Reconstructing John Mum's First Public Lecture, Sacramento, 1876 by Steve Pauly, Pleasant Hill, California (Editor's Note: In our previous issue, Steve Pauley's article placed John Muir's first public talk in context. Wmere is his re-creation of some sections of the talk.) n the beginning of the long glacial winter, the lofty Sierra seems to have consisted of one vast undulated wave, in which a thousand separate mountains, with their domes and spires, their innumerable canons and lake basins, lay concealed. In the development of these, the Master Builder chose for a tool, not the earthquake nor lightning to …


Book Reviews: Einstein, A Life, By Denis Brian, And The Silver Horse-Shoe, By Javad Tarjemanov, Harald M. Ness Mar 1999

Book Reviews: Einstein, A Life, By Denis Brian, And The Silver Horse-Shoe, By Javad Tarjemanov, Harald M. Ness

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


The Prospects For Mathematics In A Multi-Media Civilization, Philip J. Davis Mar 1999

The Prospects For Mathematics In A Multi-Media Civilization, Philip J. Davis

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Mathematicians Can Be Wrong, Tony Dunlop, Ken Kaminsky Mar 1999

Mathematicians Can Be Wrong, Tony Dunlop, Ken Kaminsky

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Leibniz: His Philosophy And His Calculi, Eric Ditwiler Mar 1999

Leibniz: His Philosophy And His Calculi, Eric Ditwiler

Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal

No abstract provided.


Fire On The Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American Southwest, Charles F. Wilkinson Jan 1999

Fire On The Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American Southwest, Charles F. Wilkinson

Books, Reports, and Studies

This digital resource contains only an abstract, cover image and table of contents information from the published book.

Print copy of book is available in the University of Colorado’s Wise Law Library: http://lawpac.colorado.edu/record=b235993~S0

Contents: Introduction : The Colorado Plateau -- PART ONE : BEDROCK: Route 66 -- Mexican hat -- Deseret -- Coyote -- Vishnu -- PART TWO : CONFLICTS AND CONQUESTS: Kykotsmovi -- Jack -- Uintah -- Phoenix -- Rosa -- Cretaceous -- Junction Dam -- PART THREE : ENDURANCE: Cedar Mesa Canyon -- Black Mesa -- Kachina -- Druid Arch -- Mount Blanca -- Afterword


Grazing Arizona: Public Land Management In The Southwest, Char Miller Jan 1999

Grazing Arizona: Public Land Management In The Southwest, Char Miller

Pomona Faculty Publications and Research

In February of 1999, the chief of the U.S. Forest Service, Michael Dombeck, placed a moratorium on road building on most roadless areas. In October, President Clinton put forth an initiative to prohibit road building on 40 million acres of roadless area. Such modifications in Forest Service land management decisions is not new as suggested by Char Miller in this look back at early grazing decisions by Pinchot. To be proactive and reactive at the same time in relation to changing social pressures and political realties may be the legacy of the agency.


Johnston, Jesse Walter, Sr., 1880-1972 (Sc 1337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 1999

Johnston, Jesse Walter, Sr., 1880-1972 (Sc 1337), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1337. Journal kept by Jesse Walter Johnston, Sr., Sebree, Webster County, Kentucky, concerning the destructive 1937 flood and data about Johnston. He was minister of the First Baptist Church, Sebree from 1929 to 1944.


Test 1762: White 6510 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1999

Test 1762: White 6510 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1763: Agco Rt95 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1999

Test 1763: Agco Rt95 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1765: Case Ih Mx 200 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1999

Test 1765: Case Ih Mx 200 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Test 1760: Case Ih Mx 240 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1999

Test 1760: Case Ih Mx 240 Diesel, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.


Nebraska Summary: S281 New Holland 8184, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab Jan 1999

Nebraska Summary: S281 New Holland 8184, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

ABOUT THE TEST REPORT AND USE OF THE DATA The test data contained in this report are a tabulation of the results of a series of tests. Due to the restricted format of these pages, only a limited amount of data and not all of the tractor specifications are included. The full OECD report contains usually about 30 pages of data and specifications. The test data were obtained for each tractor under similar conditions and therefore, provide a means of comparison of performance based on a limited set of reported data. EXPLANATION OF THE TEST PROCEDURES Purpose The purpose of …