An Introduction to Differential Equations: Order and Chaos

By Voltaire and Francois Marie Arouet De Voltaire

Book Overview

The year 1215 saw a time of global upheaval from which the ripples can still be felt today - but it was also an age of domestic changes and the development of a way of life not entirely different from our own. From the oddest detail to the grandest political struggle, Danny Danzinger and John Gillingham paint an extraordinary picture of this fascinating age, featuring a cast of some of the most enduring names in history - Bad King John, Genghis Khan, St Francis of Assisi - as well as the thousands of ordinary people whose lives were affected by the historical events happening around them. The power struggles are balanced with the social issues of the day - fashion, communications, education, medicine, religion and sex - as the authors explore the attitudes and habits of a nation in flux, and the ways in which they sculpted the modern world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0716732963
• ISBN13: 9780716732969
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: W. H. Freeman
• Length: 450 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

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This is another first-rate collection of deco commercial art that you wouldn't see elsewhere, and it proves that graphic design was in a kind of golden age at the time. The work here is rich and appealing, as in all the books of the series, and if you're a designer, you'll find it very inspiring as well, and a handy reference tool.The book itself is a fairly small paperback, though very nicely printed on glossy paper. The...