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History of mathematics
Paperback. All historians of mathematics and students of the field will want a copy of this remarkable resource on their bookshelves. Num Pages: 392 pages, 29, 29 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892486
- ISBN
- 9780801892486
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Condition: New
€ 52.60
€ 52.60
Hardback. All historians of mathematics and students of the field will want a copy of this remarkable resource on their bookshelves. Num Pages: 392 pages, 29, 29 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892479
- ISBN
- 9780801892479
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Condition: New
€ 86.00€ 77.47
€ 86.00
€ 77.47
Hardback. Presents an account of the development of laminar boundary layer theory as a historical study. This book includes a description of the application of the ideas of triple deck theory to flow past a plate, to separation from a cylinder and to flow in channels. It is intended to provide a graduate level teaching resource. Series: Oxford Texts in Applied & Engineering Mathematics. Num Pages: 346 pages, numerous line figures. BIC Classification: PBKS; PBX; PDE; PHDF; TBJ; TGMF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 639.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198506751
- ISBN
- 9780198506751
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Condition: New
€ 81.96
€ 81.96
Paperback. Includes an introduction, contextualizing his book in light of developing philosophical trends. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382. A Philosophical Study of Early Ideas About Probability, Induction and Statistical Inference. 246 pages. Includes an introduction, contextualizing his book in light of developing philosophical trends. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX; PDA. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 17. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521685573
- ISBN
- 9780521685573
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.51
€ 31.99
€ 30.51
Paperback. Traces the development of the calculus from the early seventeenth century through its expansion into mathematical analysis to the developments in set theory and the foundations of mathematics in the early twentieth century. This book chronicles the work of mathematicians from Descartes and Newton to Russell and Hilbert and many others. Editor(s): Grattan-Guinness, Ivor. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBCH; PBKA; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070827
- ISBN
- 9780691070827
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Condition: New
€ 93.17€ 71.50
€ 93.17
€ 71.50
Paperback. Plotting humankind's efforts to visualize data, this book discusses atheoretical plotting of data to reveal suggestive patterns. It includes chapters illustrating the uses and abuses of this invention (plotting), from a murder trial in Connecticut to the Vietnam War's effect on college admissions. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 halftones. 93 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: PBV; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691134055
- ISBN
- 9780691134055
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.83
€ 46.99
€ 33.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Pesic, Peter. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486489032
- ISBN
- 9780486489032
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.73
€ 23.99
€ 17.73
Hardcover. Places Lebesgue's early work on integration theory within in proper historical context by relating it to the developments during the nineteenth century that motivated it and gave it significance and also to the contributions made in this field by Lebesgue's contemporaries. Series: AMS Chelsea Publishing. Num Pages: 227 pages, glossary, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBKL; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821829639
- ISBN
- 9780821829639
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.84
€ 81.84
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653105
- ISBN
- 9780691653105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.27
€ 138.27
Hardback. Spherical trigonometry was at the heart of astronomy and ocean-going navigation for two millennia. This title traces the rich history of this forgotten art, revealing how the cultures of classical Greece, medieval Islam, and the modern West used spherical trigonometry to chart the heavens and the Earth. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 color plates. 30 halftones. 93 line illus. 1 table. BIC Classification: PBMB; PBX; PG; TRLN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148922
- ISBN
- 9780691148922
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.17
€ 52.99
€ 38.17
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 11 color plates. 30 halftones. 93 line illus. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 30.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175997
- ISBN
- 9780691175997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.88
€ 24.99
€ 18.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486797939
- ISBN
- 9780486797939
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.62
€ 9.99
€ 9.62
Hardback. Since the birth of democracy in ancient Greece, the simple act of voting has given rise to mathematical paradoxes that have puzzled some of the greatest philosophers. This title traces the quest by these thinkers to create a more perfect democracy and adapt to the ever-changing demands that each generation places on our democratic institutions. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 tables. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139944
- ISBN
- 9780691139944
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Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Paperback. Ranging from the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, this book points out that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. It shows us the deep influence that the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 164 line illus. 18 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135267
- ISBN
- 9780691135267
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.75
€ 46.99
€ 33.75
Paperback. In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory of a 'universal machine' reality. This bok is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141015903
- ISBN
- 9780141015903
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.28
€ 18.99
€ 14.28
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718199463
- ISBN
- 9780718199463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. Along the way, he tells us what various cultures knew about math and how they came to learn it, providing instructors with a wonderful way to incorporate multicultural mathematics into the middle school, high school, and college classroom. Num Pages: 208 pages, 91, 59 black & white halftones, 32 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 288.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404387
- ISBN
- 9781421404387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.47
€ 43.47
Hardback. Along the way, he tells us what various cultures knew about math and how they came to learn it, providing instructors with a wonderful way to incorporate multicultural mathematics into the middle school, high school, and college classroom. Num Pages: 208 pages, 91, 59 black & white halftones, 32 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404370
- ISBN
- 9781421404370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.29€ 60.59
€ 66.29
€ 60.59
Hardcover. The classic Heath translation, in a completely new layout with plenty of space and generous margins. An affordable but sturdy sewn hardcover student and teacher edition in one volume, with minimal notes and a new index/glossary. Translator(s): Heath, Thomas L.; Densmore, Dana. Num Pages: 529 pages, diagrams, figures. BIC Classification: PBH; PBM; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 188 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 529
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009187
- ISBN
- 9781888009187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 42.02
€ 45.99
€ 42.02
Paperback. A handy where-to-find-it pocket reference companion to Euclid's Elements. Provides all the propositions and diagrams without the detailed proofs. Readers can use it to see the scope and structure of Elements, identify exactly what Euclid covers and what he doesn't, and to find the location of remembered propositions. Editor(s): Densmore, Dana. Translator(s): Heath, Thomas L. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBH; PBM; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009217
- ISBN
- 9781888009217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.05
€ 14.99
€ 14.05