61. Calculus - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Although Archimedes and others have used integral methods throughout history, anda invention, in the late 1600s, of differential and integral calculus as we http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calculus

Calculus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Topics in calculus Fundamental theorem Function Limits of functions Continuity ... Stokes' Theorem Calculus is a branch of mathematics , developed from algebra and geometry (see also pre calculus ). Calculus focuses on rates of change (within functions ), such as accelerations curves , and slopes . The development of calculus is credited to Archimedes Leibniz and Newton ; lesser credit is given to Barrow Descartes de Fermat Huygens , and Wallis . Fundamental to calculus are derivatives integrals , and limits . One of the primary motives for the development of calculus was the solution of the so-called " tangent line problem There are two main branches of calculus: Differential calculus is concerned with finding the instantaneous rate of change (or derivative ) of a function's value , with respect to changes within the function's arguments . Another application of differential calculus is Newton's method , an algorithm to find zeros of a function by approximating the function by its tangent. de Fermat is sometimes described as the "father" of differential calculus. Integral calculus , studies methods for finding the integral of a function. An integral may be defined as the

62. Lambda Calculus - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia history. of mathematics; when the system turned out to be susceptible to the analogof Russell s paradox, he separated out the lambda calculus and used it to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_calculus

Lambda calculus From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The lambda calculus is a formal system designed to investigate function definition, function application and recursion . It was introduced by Alonzo Church and Stephen Kleene in the 1930s; Church used the lambda calculus in 1936 to give a negative answer to the Entscheidungsproblem . The calculus can be used to cleanly define what a "computable function" is. The question of whether two lambda calculus expressions are equivalent cannot be solved by a general algorithm, and this was the first question, even before the halting problem , for which undecidability could be proved. Lambda calculus has greatly influenced functional programming languages , especially Lisp The lambda calculus can be called the smallest universal programming language. The lambda calculus consists of a single transformation rule (variable substitution) and a single function definition scheme. The lambda calculus is universal in the sense that any computable function can be expressed and evaluated using this formalism. It is thus equivalent to Turing machines. However, the lambda calculus emphasizes the use of transformation rules, and does not care about the actual machine implementing them. It is an approach more related to software than to hardware. This article deals with the "untyped lambda calculus" as originally conceived by Church. Since then, some

63. Calculus -- From MathWorld calculus. New York Dover, 1998. Boyer, C. B. A history of the calculusand Its Conceptual Development. New York Dover, 1989. Courant http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Calculus.html

INDEX Algebra Applied Mathematics Calculus and Analysis Discrete Mathematics ... Alphabetical Index ABOUT THIS SITE About MathWorld About the Author DESTINATIONS What's New MathWorld Headline News Random Entry ... Live 3D Graphics CONTACT Email Comments Contribute! Sign the Guestbook MATHWORLD - IN PRINT Order book from Amazon Calculus and Analysis Calculus General Calculus Calculus In general, "a" calculus is an abstract theory developed in a purely formal way. "The" calculus, more properly called analysis (or real analysis or, in older literature, infinitesimal analysis ) is the branch of mathematics studying the rate of change of quantities (which can be interpreted as slopes of curves) and the length, area , and volume of objects. The calculus is sometimes divided into differential and integral calculus , concerned with derivatives and integrals respectively. While ideas related to calculus had been known for some time ( Archimedes' method of exhaustion was a form of calculus), it was not until the independent work of Newton and Leibniz that the modern elegant tools and ideas of calculus were developed. Even so, many years elapsed until the subject was put on a mathematically rigorous footing by mathematicians such as

64. Calculus Of Variations -- From MathWorld New York Dover, 1998. Todhunter, I. history of the calculus of VariationsDuring the Nineteenth Century. New York Chelsea, 1962. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CalculusofVariations.html

INDEX Algebra Applied Mathematics Calculus and Analysis Discrete Mathematics ... Alphabetical Index ABOUT THIS SITE About MathWorld About the Author DESTINATIONS What's New MathWorld Headline News Random Entry ... Live 3D Graphics CONTACT Email Comments Contribute! Sign the Guestbook MATHWORLD - IN PRINT Order book from Amazon Calculus and Analysis Calculus of Variations Calculus of Variations A branch of mathematics which is a sort of generalization of calculus . Calculus of variations seeks to find the path, curve, surface, etc., for which a given function has a stationary value (which, in physical problems, is usually a minimum or maximum ). Mathematically, this involves finding stationary values of integrals of the form I has an extremum only if the Euler-Lagrange differential equation is satisfied, i.e., if the fundamental lemma of calculus of variations states that, if for all h x ) with continuous second partial derivatives , then on ( a, b A generalization of calculus of variations known as Morse theory (and sometimes called "calculus of variations in the large") uses nonlinear techniques to address variational problems. Beltrami Identity Bolza Problem Brachistochrone Problem Catenary ... search Arfken, G. "Calculus of Variations." Ch. 17 in

65. Calculus And Its History, Fall 2002 Syllabus for HM/MA 004, calculus and its history . Semester I 2002/03 (AS OF27 November 2002). Instructor, Kim Plofker. Department, history of Mathematics. http://www.brown.edu/Departments/History_Mathematics/HM0004/hm4.html

Readings Assignments Syllabus for HM/MA 004, "Calculus and its History" Semester I 2002/03 (AS OF: 27 November 2002) Instructor Kim Plofker Department History of Mathematics Email Kim_Plofker@Brown.edu Office Wilbour Hall, Room 001 Office phone Office hours W 2:303:30, Th 11:1512:15, 3:305:00 Course Overview: Currently offered as a first-year seminar, "Calculus and its History" is intended for students (whether or not they have already studied calculus) who would like to investigate questions like the following: What is calculus? Who invented it? When and how did it develop? Why is it harder than the math I know already? (In what ways is it easier) What problems inspired its creation? In what ways did its historical setting change its development, and how did its development affect history in general? How did it change the way mathematicians and other people think about mathematical knowledge? Readings of original sources in English translation range from Babylonian mathematical tablets through Euclid and Archimedes, Oresme, Galileo, Leibniz and Newton, to Cauchy, Riemann and Robinson. The course will meet in C hour (MWF 10:0010:50) in Sayles 204 according to the University Calendar from 4 September to 9 December 2002. Assigned texts will consist of books, handouts, and electronic texts containing excerpts from primary sources in English translation, including (but not limited to) the following:

66. The History Of Curvature back to ancient times, but few of its goals were realized until the invention ofthe calculus in the seventeenth century. Throughout the history of mathematics http://www.brown.edu/Students/OHJC/hm4/k.htm

The History of Curvature Sometimes nature is too beautiful for words. This is one of the reasons why mathematicians have been so useful over the centuries. While the origins of mathematics lie in mundane processes like counting, the field has been steadily expanding since that time. One of the most significant changes resulting from the growth of mathematics is that it has become less and less focused on the practical and more and more focused on the theoretical. This has been a very slow process, as mathematics is still somewhere between the two extremes. Regardless, this glacier-like revolution has spawned a lot of beautiful mathematics that might not have otherwise come about. One such invention is the study of curvature. Many curves in the plane and in space are simply beautiful. Since words cannot do them justice, mathematicians have developed several ways of describing them. The most common method of describing a curve is to give its parameterization . Another way, however, is to say how much the curve "bends" at each point. This measure of bending is known by the technical word "curvature". It may surprise the reader that curvature is all that is needed to define a curve (up to rigid motions). For example, a curve that has constant curvature must be part or all of a circle (for these are the only curves that have the same amount of bending at every point). The study of this twisting property of curves goes back to ancient times, but few of its goals were realized until the invention of the calculus in the seventeenth century. Throughout the history of mathematics, the analysis of the curvature of curves has been a prime illustration of the beauty of mathematics and an indicator of its progress.

67. Calculus History Resources At Questia - The Online Library Of calculus history Resources at Questia The Online Library of Books andJournals. calculus history. Questia. Primary Content. calculus history. http://www.questia.com/popularSearches/calculus_history.jsp

68. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1646 - 1716) and others, as to whether he had discovered the differential calculus independentlyof The controversy occupies a place in the scientific history of the early http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Leibniz/RouseBall/RB_Leibnitz.html

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (1646 - 1716) From `A Short Account of the History of Mathematics' (4th edition, 1908) by W. W. Rouse Ball. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz (or Leibniz At Paris he met Huygens who was then residing there, and their conversation led Leibnitz to study geometry, which he described as opening a new world to him; though as a matter of fact he had previously written some tracts on various minor points in mathematics, the most important being a paper on combinations written in 1668, and a description of a new calculating machine. In January, 1673, he was sent on a political mission to London, where he stopped some months and made the acquaintance of Oldenburg, Collins, and others; it was at this time that he communicated the memoir to the Royal Society in which he was found to have been forestalled by Mouton. In 1673 the Elector of Mainz died, and in the following year Leibnitz entered the service of the Brunswick family; in 1676 he again visited London, and then moved to Hanover, where, till his death, he occupied the well-paid post of librarian in the ducal library. His pen was thenceforth employed in all the political matters which affected the Hanoverian family, and his services were recognized by honours and distinctions of various kinds, his memoranda on the various political, historical, and theological questions which concerned the dynasty during the forty years from 1673 to 1713 form a valuable contribution to the history of that time. Leibnitz's appointment in the Hanoverian service gave him more time for his favourite pursuits. He used to assert that as the first-fruit of his increased leisure, he invented the differential and integral calculus in 1674, but the earliest traces of the use of it in his extant note-books do not occur till 1675, and it was not till 1677 that we find it developed into a consistent system; it was not published till 1684. Most of his mathematical papers were produced within the ten years from 1682 to 1692, and many of them in a journal, called the

69. The History Of Infinitesimal Calculus As We See It In The Books Of The Library O The history of the infinitesimal calculus asrevealed by the library of mathematics. http://www.math.unifi.it/archimede/archimede_inglese/mostra_calcolo/prima.html

The Garden of Archimedes A Museum for Mathematics The history of the infinitesimal calculus as revealed by the library of mathematics Squaring Methods from very ancient times to the 17th century Analytic geometry and the problem of tangents Newton and Leibniz: the birth of calculus The diffusion of calculus ... Panels of the exhibition (only italian available) Works The exhibition has been organized on the occasion of the Xth Week of Scientific and Technological Culture with the books of the Science Library of the Ulisse Dini Department of Mathematics of Florence.

70. The History Of The Calculus And Its Conceptual Development Click to enlarge The history of the calculus and Its Conceptual DevelopmentCarl B. Boyer. Our Price, $11.95 (Table of Contents). Availability In Stock. http://store.doverpublications.com/0486605094.html

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71. Webquest Historical Roots Of Calculus the calculus. You will be studying something that has a sort of beauty in the realmof the mind. If this WebQuest has given you an interest in the history of http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/msyrkel/webquestcalculus.htm

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." Albert Einstein Introduction Task Process and Evaluation Conclusion and Extension ... Favorite Sites Webquest The Historical Roots of the Calculus "As its campfires glow against the dark, every culture tells stories to itself about how the gods lit up the morning sky and set the wheel of being into motion. The great scientific culture of the Westour cultureis no exception. The calculus is the story this world first told itself as it became the modern world." From: A TOUR OF THE CALCULUS by David Berlinski Introduction Calculus is a subject many students dread. It is the way mathematicians study moving objects, even fluids like the movement of air across an aircraft wing that gives it lift making flight possible. It was calculus that first allowed Newton to describe the motion of planets. Calculus made modern science possible and no physical theory has ever broken the link to the calculus. Length, Volume, Area, these are static. If you want to study motion, you must study the calculus. "The overall structure of the calculus is simple. The subject is defined by a fantastic leading idea, one basic axiom, a calm and profound intellectual invention, a deep property, two crucial definitions, one ancillary definition, one major theorem, and the fundamental theorem of the calculus.

72. Projects-Based Calculus Reform At Cornell: A Cross-Referenced History ProjectsBased calculus Reform at Cornell. A Cross-referenced history.(Others have brought Multivariable calculus with Maple to Cornell). http://barzilai.org/cr/calc-reform-hist.html

Projects-Based Calculus Reform at Cornell A Cross-referenced History (Others have brought Multivariable Calculus with Maple to Cornell) Spring 93: In his second consecutive semester of teaching second semester calculus (math 112), graduate student instructor Harel Barzilai introduces student activities in groups and oral exams (presentations at the board by students to him) in his class. (Also took students to Dept Seminar) Fall 93: Graduate students Harel Barzilai and Maria Gargova attend a talk at the Occasional Seminar on Undergraduate Teaching (OSUT) by Cynthia Woodburn of the University of New Mexico (UNM) about Student Projects in Calculus. Maria and Harel discuss, during office hours, their positive impressions of Cynthia's talk, and whether these ideas can be brought to Cornell. First Email. (Nov 4 93) Fellow graduate student and math 112 instructor Lisa Orlandi and others interested are sent a report about Maria's and Harel's activities... ...and about the problems with the current math 112 Harel writes up and sends the First Draft Proposal to reform math 112 Harel and Maria talk to Tom Rishel, Director of Undergraduate Teaching at the Math Department, about the idea of bringing calculus reform to Cornell.

73. University Of Michigan Department Of Mathematics: Calculus Program History Planning and Change The Michigan calculus Project. Only a very few senior facultymembers had ever taught in this standard firstyear calculus sequence. http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/programs/calculus/history.html

Planning and Change: The Michigan Calculus Project Morton Brown (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) The Years Leading Up To Reform At the University of Michigan, Calculus I has a fall enrollment of some 1900 students in 55 sections (class size about 35, mostly entering freshmen) meeting four times per week. Calculus II has a fall enrollment of about 1000 students, many of whom are also entering freshmen but with advanced placement credit. The instructors for these courses are also largely new to Michigan. They are new graduate student teaching assistants (TA's) or new Ph.D.'s. Many of these are foreign-educated. Only a very few senior faculty members had ever taught in this standard first-year calculus sequence. For some years the Department has held a week-long training program for new TA's prio to the fall semester. In addition, the University requires all its international TA's to participate in an intensive three-week summer training workshop co-sponsored bythe Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) and the English Language Institue. Beginning junior faculty got little orientation; a single one-hour introductory session a day or two before classes began. Often the TA's primary concern was (and is) with their own graduate programs, and the beginning faculty were (and are) deeply concerned with their research programs. Faculty instructors got a very small amount of undergraduate grader assistance. The TA's got no assistance with grading. Effectively, this meant that very little homework was collected and graded, and what was graded was seldom throroughly corrected. Teh students' uniform exam grade largely determined their final grades. As a result, instructors often found themselves teaching to the uniform exams.

74. History Of Computing - Binairy Calculus Binary calculus. The binairy arithmatic or calculus was invented by Leibnitzaround 1694 and is presumed to be the first one working with this idea. http://www.thocp.net/sciences/mathematics/binairy_calculus.htm

Binary Calculus The binairy arithmatic or calculus was invented by Leibnitz around and is presumed to be the first one working with this idea. One wonders what would have been happend if Leibnitz had worked on it with more enthusiasm and not had fled to the orient to persue other interests. As we all know our counting system is based on the principle of decimal arithmetic. That has not always been the case. We start to count with to 9, a maximum of 10 symbols, inclusive the zero. With these symbols, or digits or ciphers, you can form any number by permutation ( sequence of numbers) of these symbols. It looks a bit overdone to say this here but not every one realizes that this was not the only way to calculate. Fact is that all great mathematicians (Leibnitz, Pascal) are very aware of this in the 17th century this story plays. But most of them find the decimal system the most convenient. Leibnitz has more than fleeting interest in this binary system. Only two digits are used: and 1. Hence the binary (two some) system. And yet it is possible to express any number in binary. This system will later become the basis on which the entire computer industry will be based, not all kind computers as you will read later on but most of them will. It looks a bit overdone to say this here but not every one realizes that this was not the only way to calculate. Fact is that all great mathematicians (Leibnitz

75. The History Of The Calculus And Its Conceptual Development The history of the calculus and Its Conceptual Development. Book The historyof the calculus and Its Conceptual Development Customer Reviews http://www.sciencesbookreview.com/The_History_of_the_Calculus_and_Its_Conceptual

The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development by Authors: Carl B. Boyer Released: 01 June, 1959 ISBN: 0486605094 Paperback Sales Rank: List price: Our price: You save: Book > The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development > Customer Reviews: Average Customer Rating: The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development > Customer Review #1: What, calculus is boring? Never! Most of us got our first glimpse of the fascinating history behind the calculus in first-year calculus. That is, we did if we were lucky for the fast pace in acquiring basic calculus skills leaves little extra time. Perhaps we managed to learn that Newton and Leibnitz are regarded co-discoverers of the calculus, but that their splendid contributions were marred by a bitter - at times positively ugly - rivalry. We may also have learned something about their precursors, for example Descartes, Fermat and Cavalieri. If these glimpses left a taste for more, Boyers "The History of the Calculus and Its Conceptual Development" is just the book. Boyer begins by tracing the calculus roots back to Ancient Greece. During this period two figures emerge preeminent: Eudoxus and Archimedes. Archimedes was a pioneer whom many consider the "grandfather" of calculus. But lacking modern notation he was limited in how far he could go.

76. MATH 501 The History Of The Calculus MATH 501 The history of the calculus. Prerequisites MATH 221 andMATH 351 or permission of the instructor Frequency Every other http://www.math.virginia.edu/ugrad/webbook/node46.html

Next: MATH 503: The Up: Course Descriptions Previous: MATH 493: Independent MATH 501: The History of the Calculus Prerequisites: MATH 221 and MATH 351 or permission of the instructor Frequency: Every other Spring semester Credit: 3 credits Recent text: The Historical Development of the Calculus, Edwards (Springer-Verlag) Recent instructor: K. Parshall Student body: Advanced undergraduates and 1 - or 2 -year graduate students in both mathematics and mathematics education Topics and goals: This course traces the development of ideas relating to the calculus from classical antiquity through the twentieth century. Beginning with such key notions as limit and quadrature, it follows these ideas in their various guises from antiquity, through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to the formation of the calculus by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Leibniz in the seventeenth century. It then examines the extension of the calculus in the eighteenth century, the logical crises this extension occasioned in the nineteenth century, and finally several early twentieth-century directions of the subject such as non-standard analysis. The course also focuses on the historical, social, and even political contexts of these mathematical discoveries and on the issue of the historiography of the history of mathematics. The course also satisfies the Second Writing Requirement and so concentrates on developing the students' writing skills.

77. TJM's Portfolio: Calculus 2 some calculus links you might like to investigate. Integrator from Mathematica, includesexamples of what integrals are used for and a history of integration http://www.math.ou.edu/~tjmurphy/Teaching/2423/2423.9801/24231.html

Math 2423-100 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2 (Integral Calculus) Spring 1998 Dr. TJ Murphy Syllabus (including tentative calendar) Homework List Trigonometry Review Sheet Mathematica Code to draw a surface of revolution Office Hours calc2 listserv some calculus links you might like to investigate other possibly useful links Office Hours Math 2423-100 students may attend any of the following scheduled office hours: Monday PHSC 827 Jon White PHSC 827 Jon White Tuesday Wednesday PHSC 827 Jon White PHSC 604 Dr. Murphy PHSC 907 Mr. Marcilla PHSC 604 Dr. Murphy Thursday PHSC 115 Mr. Marcilla PHSC 1008 Heather Shaver PHSC 1008 Heather Shaver PHSC 604 Dr. Murphy Friday PHSC 115 Mr. Marcilla PHSC 1008 Heather Shaver calc2 listserv The purpose of the calc2 listserv is to provide a way for calc 2 (Math 2423-100) students to communicate easily with one another. A secondary use of the listserv is for the instructors to make class announcements between class sessions. A listserv is an electronic mailing list. It is used to exchange information with large groups of people easily. When you want to send a message to everyone on the mailing list, send an e-mail message to the listserv and a copy of the message gets forwarded to everyone who is subscribed to the list. To subscribe to the calc2 listserv: Send an e-mail message to listserv@ou.edu

78. History Of Mathematics: History Of Analysis A history of the calculus of variations during the nineteenth century. Ahistory of the calculus of variations in the eighteenth century. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/mathhist/analysis.html

History of Analysis On the Web Pages on analysis at the Mathematical MacTutor History of Mathematics archive Pi through the ages The trigonometric functions ... The beginnings of set theory Bibliography Arnold, Vladimir Igorevich. Giuigens i Barrou, Niuton i Guk. translated by Eric J.F. Primrose into English as Huygens and Barrow, Newton and Hooke: pioneers in mathematical analysis and catastrophe theory from evolvents to quasicrystals. Birkhauser, Boston, 1990. Baron, Margaret E. The origins of the infinitesimal calculus. Pergamon Press, Oxford-New York, 1969. Beckmann, Petr A history of p (pi). Golem, Boulder, Colorado, 1970. 2nd edition: 1971. Bertoloni Meli, Domenico. Equivalence and priority: Newton versus Leibniz. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993. Birkhoff, Garrett, editor. A source book in classical analysis. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1973. Bottazzini, Umberto. Calcolo sublime. Translated by Warren Van Egmond into English as The higher calculus: a history of real and complex analysis from Euler to Weierstrass. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1986.

79. Syllabus For "Calculus And Its History" Syllabus for HM/MA 004, calculus and its history . Semester II 1996/97(20 April 1997). Instructor, Kim Plofker, Joshua Holden. Department, http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~holden/hm004syllabus.html

Syllabus for HM/MA 004, "Calculus and its History" Semester II 1996/97 (20 April 1997) Instructor Kim Plofker Joshua Holden Department History of Mathematics Mathematics Email Kim_Plofker@Brown.edu holden@math.brown.edu Office Sayles Gym, Room 110 Math Building, Room 017 Office phone Office hours M 23 PM, Tu 1:302:30 PM, F 12:301:30 PM (Ivy Room) M 12 PM, Tu 121 PM (Ivy Room), F 11 AM12 N Course Overview: The course will meet in Salomon 202 in C hour (MWF 10:0010:50) according to the University Calendar from 22 January to 5 May 1997. Assigned texts will include coursepacks and handouts containing excerpts from primary sources in English translation; A Source-Book in Mathematics, 12001800 , by D. J. Struik; The History of Mathematics: an Introduction , by Victor Katz; and an introductory calculus textbook, Calculus Lite , by Frank Morgan (recommended, not required). There will be readings for every class (with few exceptions) and written homework assignments every week (with few exceptions). There will be 5 in-class or take-home quizzes over the course of the semester, and a final 1015-page research paper due 12 May. Date Topics W 1/22 Introduction.

80. Scholars Decode Ancient Text, Shake Up Pre-calculus History: 11/02 Scholars decode ancient text, shake up precalculus history. BY JOHNSANFORD. Reviel Netz, an assistant professor of classics, might http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/november6/archimedes-116.html

Stanford Report, November 6, 2002 Scholars decode ancient text, shake up pre-calculus history BY JOHN SANFORD Reviel Netz, an assistant professor of classics, might not have actually shouted "Eureka!" on a visit last year to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, but that's what he was thinking. A scholar of Greek mathematics, Netz was hanging out with one of his colleagues and frequent collaborators, Professor Ken Saito of the Osaka Prefecture University in Japan, when they flew together to Baltimore in January 2001 to look at a recently rediscovered codex of Archimedes treatises. "It was basically just tourism," Netz recalled. On a lark they examined a theretofore unread section of The Method of Mechanical Theorems , which is the book's biggest claim to fame; no other copy of the work is known to exist. What they discovered made their jaws drop. A section from The Archimedes Palimpsest, which classics Professor Reviel Netz stumbled on during a visit to the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Closer examination showed the Greeks understood the concept of infinity. ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, WALTERS ART MUSEUM, JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

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