The biography of David Hilbert discusses a debate concerning whether it was an intellectual faux pas to advocate advancing the 2000 year old Theorem of Pappus to the status of an Axiom. This issue is notable from a number of perspectives, one being his 1920 proposal establishing the Hilbert Program […]
Day: January 19, 2023
Gill Ornithology – Third (3rd) Edition (2007) – Book Review And Comparison With Second (2nd) Edition
This is a book review of the third edition of the book Ornithology, by Frank B. Gill, published in 2007 by W. H. Freeman and Company. My experience with this book comes from taking an elective graduate course in the agriculture school, essentially the same as the undergraduate Ornithology course, […]