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History of mathematics
Paperback. In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the 17th century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009691
- ISBN
- 9780674009691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.93
€ 53.99
€ 44.93
Paperback. Approximately 35% of this third edition containsfresh or updated materialand includes a dynamic website offering further resources and tutorials on cutting edge software. > Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 311
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441156884
- ISBN
- 9781441156884
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.71
€ 38.99
€ 30.71
Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive study of Diophantos' Arithmetika, a unique book within the known Greek mathematical corpus whose author, Diophantos, is an enigmatic figure. It details the structure, contents and mathematics of the Arithmetika. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 537.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034606424
- ISBN
- 9783034606424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.18
€ 65.18
Paperback. Series: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics. Num Pages: 185 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PBB; PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319428628
- ISBN
- 9783319428628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.37
€ 59.37
Paperback. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764326357
- ISBN
- 9783764326357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.33
€ 61.33
Hardcover. Presents an essay on the development of Chebyshev's theory of approximation of functions, later called 'Constructive function theory', an essay of the development of the calculus of variations, and a study of the history of finite differences, in whose development Soviet mathematicians have played a prominent role. Editor(s): Kolmogorov, A. N.; Yushkevich, A. P. Num Pages: 353 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBG; HBLL; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1998 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764358457
- ISBN
- 9783764358457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.16
€ 130.16
Hardback. Editor(s): Zack, Maria; Landry, Elaine. Series: Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Societe Canadienne D'histoire et de Philosophie des Mathematiques. Num Pages: 204 pages, 74 black & white illustrations, 21 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 473.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319222578
- ISBN
- 9783319222578
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.49
€ 155.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Zack, Maria; Landry, Elaine. Series: Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Societe Canadienne D'histoire et de Philosophie des Mathematiques. Num Pages: 248 pages, 69 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 561.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319432694
- ISBN
- 9783319432694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.31
€ 153.31
Hardback. This book presents contributions of mathematicians covering topics from ancient India, placing them in the broader context of the history of mathematics. Through a systematic approach, it examines these ancient mathematical ideas that were spread throughout India, China, the Islamic world, and Western Europe. Editor(s): Yadav, B S; Mohan, Man (University of Delhi). Num Pages: 218 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817646943
- ISBN
- 9780817646943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.74
€ 159.74
Paperback. This text contains the following four mathematical treatises of the 15th century polymath, Leon Alberti: Ludi matematici, De Componendis Cifris, Elementi di pittura and De lunularum quadratura. Each treatise, presented in modern English, includes commentary. Editor(s): Williams, Kim; March, Lionel; Wassell, Stephen R. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034807470
- ISBN
- 9783034807470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardback. This text contains the following four mathematical treatises of the 15th century polymath, Leon Alberti: Ludi matematici, De Componendis Cifris, Elementi di pittura and De lunularum quadratura. Each treatise, presented in modern English, includes commentary. Editor(s): Williams, Kim; March, Lionel; Wassell, Stephen R. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034604734
- ISBN
- 9783034604734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71
Book. Editor(s): Walter, Scott; Nabonnand, Philippe; Mawhin, Jean; Volkert, Klaus. Num Pages: 500 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; PBX; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764371685
- ISBN
- 9783764371685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.69
€ 168.69
Hardback. This text is based on lectures Couturat gave at the University Caen. It is an outstanding document of the popularization and propagation of symbolic logic around 1900, and it is the only manuscript mentioned in his correspondence that has been rediscovered. Editor(s): Schlaudt, Oliver; Sakhri, Mohsen. Series: Publications des Archives Henri Poincare / Publications of the Henri Poincare Archives / Science Autour de / Around 1900. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034604109
- ISBN
- 9783034604109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.17
€ 135.17
Delicate Balance: Global Perspectives on Innovation and Tradition in t...
. Ed(S): Rowe, David E.; Horng, Wann-Sheng
Paperback. Editor(s): Rowe, David E.; Horng, Wann-Sheng. Series: Trends in the History of Science. Num Pages: 428 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319365947
- ISBN
- 9783319365947
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.15
€ 123.15
Historiography of Mathematics in the 19th and 20th Centuries
. Ed(S): Remmert, Volker R.; Schneider, Marti...
hardcover. Editor(s): Remmert, Volker R.; Schneider, Martina R.; Kragh Sorensen, Henrik. Series: Trends in the History of Science. Num Pages: 276 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- SKU
- V9783319396477
- ISBN
- 9783319396477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.60
€ 198.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Petsche, Hans-Joachim; Lewis, Albert C.; Liesen, Jorg; Russ, Steve. Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034807388
- ISBN
- 9783034807388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.50
€ 127.50
Hardback. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hermann Grassmann (1809-1877), an interdisciplinary conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, and in Grassmann's hometown Szczecin, Poland. This title contains 37 papers presented at the conference. Editor(s): Petsche, Hans-Joachim; Lewis, Albert C.; Liesen, Jorg; Russ, Steve. Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1251.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034604048
- ISBN
- 9783034604048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.01
€ 129.01
Hardback. Comprising unpublished material including photographs and letters that were believed lost forever, this book gives deep insights into the great scholar's struggle for self-discovery, and allows the relationship to his very different brother to emerge vividly. Editor(s): Petsche, Hans-Joachim; Kannenberg, Lloyd C.; Kessler, Gottfried; Liskowacka, Jolanta. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034601542
- ISBN
- 9783034601542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Mazliak, Laurent; Tazzioli, Rossana; Jouve, Guillaume. Series: Trends in the History of Science. Num Pages: 321 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DST; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 649.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319400808
- ISBN
- 9783319400808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.83
€ 189.83
hardcover. This volume reviews conceptual conflicts at the foundations of physics now and in the past century. The focus is on the conditions and consequences of Einstein's pathbreaking achievements that sealed the decline of the classical notions of space, time, radiation, and matter, and resulted in the theory of relativity. Editor(s): Lehner, Christoph; Renn, Jurgen; Schemmel, Matthias. Series: Einstein Studies. Num Pages: 375 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PGC; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817649395
- ISBN
- 9780817649395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.66
€ 123.66