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Paperback / so. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBCD; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034874120
- ISBN
- 9783034874120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.12
€ 83.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119127925
- ISBN
- 9781119127925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.81
€ 145.81
Paperback. Providing insight into one of the most fascinating and unique subjects in statistics, this book examines classic problems of probability that have both contributed to the field and have been of historical significance, including Parrondo's Amazing Paradox, Laplace's Rule of Succession, and Jacob Bernoulli and His Golden Theorem. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118063255
- ISBN
- 9781118063255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.72
€ 75.72
Scientific Opportunism L’Opportunisme scientifique: An Anthology
Poincare, Henri. Ed(S): Rollet, Laurent
paperback. Editor(s): Rollet, Laurent. Series: Publications des Archives Henri Poincare / Publications of the Henri Poincare Archives / Science Autour de / Around 1900. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 373.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034894418
- ISBN
- 9783034894418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. This unique book shows how Lazare Carnot and his son Sadi influenced each other in their work in the fields of mechanics and thermodynamics, and how future generations of scientists have further benefited from their work. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 506 pages, 77 black & white illustrations, 34 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBX; PDX; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 2nd ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 506
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401779500
- ISBN
- 9789401779500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.79
€ 195.79
Paperback. Concentrates on thirty highlights of pure and applied mathematics. This book opens by discussing the four main philosophical foundations of mathematics of the nineteenth century and ends by describing the four important open mathematical problems of the twenty-first century. Translator(s): Sangalli, Arturo. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691128054
- ISBN
- 9780691128054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 521 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 521
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642086380
- ISBN
- 9783642086380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 196.60
€ 196.60
Paperback / so. Series: Mathematische Bibliothek. Num Pages: 52 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 3. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1913
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663154167
- ISBN
- 9783663154167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.03
€ 70.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1997
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461275473
- ISBN
- 9781461275473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.94
€ 55.94
Paperback. Translator(s): Zook, David. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBM; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 1993
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048142170
- ISBN
- 9789048142170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.22
€ 127.22
Paperback. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 432 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPK; JNU; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048146444
- ISBN
- 9789048146444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.46
€ 195.46
Paperback. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034899635
- ISBN
- 9783034899635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.99
€ 67.99
Hardback. "The Almagest", by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world. This title provides students of the history of astronomy with a self-contained introduction to the "Almagest". Editor(s): Jones, Alexander. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 470 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387848259
- ISBN
- 9780387848259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.98
€ 197.98
Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg U.A. / ...
Pauli, Wolfgang. Ed(S): Meyenn, Karl Von
Paperback. Editor(s): Meyenn, Karl Von. Series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 994 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662308400
- ISBN
- 9783662308400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 213.98
€ 213.98
Paperback. We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory. This book gives us the complete history of this area of mathematics, from its classical analytical beginnings to the present day. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones. 67 line illus. BIC Classification: PBUD; PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155012
- ISBN
- 9780691155012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.15
€ 19.00
€ 17.15
Paperback. The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too. Num Pages: 320 pages, (1 x 16pp b/w). BIC Classification: BGT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857028294
- ISBN
- 9781857028294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Hardback. Revealing the mathematical side of Benjamin Franklin, this book explains the mathematics behind Franklin's popular "Poor Richard's Almanac", which featured such things as population estimates and a host of mathematical digressions. It includes optional math problems that challenge readers to match wits with the Founding Father himself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 9 color plates. 50 halftones. 52 line illus. BIC Classification: PBC; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129563
- ISBN
- 9780691129563
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.43
€ 30.99
€ 22.43
Paperback. Translation from the French Series: Lecture Notes in Mathematics. Num Pages: 201 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBMW; PBPD; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319423111
- ISBN
- 9783319423111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.42
€ 71.42
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 26 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 261.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319355955
- ISBN
- 9783319355955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Hardback. The Complex Itinerary of Leibniz's Planetary Theory Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBX; PDX; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319212357
- ISBN
- 9783319212357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97