Best of
Textbooks
1961
Calculus, Volume 1: One-Variable Calculus with an Introduction to Linear Algebra
Tom M. Apostol - 1961
Integration is treated before differentiation--this is a departure from most modern texts, but it is historically correct, and it is the best way to establish the true connection between the integral and the derivative. Proofs of all the important theorems are given, generally preceded by geometric or intuitive discussion. This Second Edition introduces the mean-value theorems and their applications earlier in the text, incorporates a treatment of linear algebra, and contains many new and easier exercises. As in the first edition, an interesting historical introduction precedes each important new concept.
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
Jean Hugard - 1961
If you could put together a collection of these magazines you would have almost a complete course on card tricks, by some of the world's greatest magicians. But where could you find these journals now that they are probably collector's items? And even if you could find them, how much would such a collection cost? Not very much. Because all the best of these tricks are available in this one monumental book, containing nearly every practical card trick produced, invented, and improved by magicians over a span of forty years and more. A truly staggering collection, this book explains how to perform over 600 professional card tricks: impromptu card tricks, spelling tricks, "you do as I do" tricks, diachylon (a paste for gluing cards together) tricks, calculation tricks; tricks using key cards, slick cards, double-backed cards, reversed cards, short cards; tricks based on a one-way pack, prearranged pack, Svengali pack, Mene-Tekel pack, stripper pack; special packs; miscellaneous tricks including Everywhere and Nowhere, The Case of the Four Kings, Card in the Orange, The Buddha Whispers, and Inseparable Aces; and a final chapter on tricks using the famous Nikola Card System. In addition, a chapter on technique explains the most important sleights ― the overhand shuffle, riffle shuffle, false cut, palm, simple pass, double lift, glide, and force. Based on a volume compiled by Dr. Wilhelm Von Deusen and Glenn G. Gravatt, this collection was thoroughly revised by Jean Hugard and completely rewritten. It is easily the finest single compendium of classic card tricks, and the clear style makes the instructions easy to follow. An indispensable book for the professional or amateur magician, it is a magnificent source for anyone who wants just the right tricks to mystify his friends or delight his children.
Charlotte Huck's Children's Literature
Barbara Z. Kiefer - 1961
It is the standard work in the field. The text covers learning about children s literature, understanding children s responses to literature, the history of children s literature, beginning books, picture books and all of the genres (fantasy, poetry, realistic fiction, historical fiction, biography, and informational books), planning the literature program, and extending and evaluating children s understandings of literature."
Numbers: Rational and Irrational
Ivan Niven - 1961
Along the way, you will see characterizations of the rationals and of certain special (Liouville) transcendental numbers. pThis material is basic to all of algebra and analysis. Professor Niven's book may be read with profit by interested high school students as well as by college students and others who want to know more about the basic aspects of pure mathematics. Most readers will find the early chapters well within their grasp while ambitious readers will profit by the more advanced material to be found in later chapters.
Christ without Myth: A Study Based on the Theology of Rudolf Bultmann
Schubert M. Ogden - 1961
Basic Concepts of Physics
Arthur Beiser - 1961
An Introduction to the Methods of Optical Crystallography
F. Donald Bloss - 1961
Mathematical Physics
Donald H. Menzel - 1961
Nearly 200 problems with answers from many different fields of physics and varying widely in difficulty.
Introduction To Descriptive Linguistics
Henry Allan Gleason - 1961