History of mathematics
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History of mathematics
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 92.37€ 71.27
€ 92.37
€ 71.27
Paperback. This book explores the history of abstract algebra. It shows how abstract algebra has arisen in attempting to solve some of these classical problems, providing a context from which the reader may gain a deeper appreciation of the mathematics involved. Num Pages: 184 pages, 24 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817646844
- ISBN
- 9780817646844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.64
€ 65.64
Hardcover. This book offers an historical perspective on the basic mathematical concepts, results, and theories behind number theory, calculus/analysis, and proofs, offering ten historical essays on key topics, four historical courses and biographies of five important mathematicians. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBH; PBK; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 688.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817682675
- ISBN
- 9780817682675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.28
€ 114.28
Hardback. This book provides a scientific and intellectual biography of John von Neumann, who proposed a conception of the world as a mathematical game, one globally governed by a universal logic in which individual consciousness moved following different strategies. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764398958
- ISBN
- 9783764398958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.02
€ 125.02
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.27€ 77.26
€ 85.27
€ 77.26
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 38.86
€ 44.99
€ 38.86
Hardback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 580 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 984.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 580
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764322373
- ISBN
- 9783764322373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.16
€ 134.16
Hardback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 740 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1205.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 740
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764322380
- ISBN
- 9783764322380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.93
€ 213.93
Hardback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764322397
- ISBN
- 9783764322397
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.69
€ 128.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486182
- ISBN
- 9781349486182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 177.43
€ 177.43
Hardback. Includes the foundational ideas of working mathematicians, such as Kronecker, Dedekind, Borel and the early Hilbert, and the development of notions like model and modelling, arbitrary function, completeness, and non-Archimedean structures. This title also covers Husserl, Wittgenstein and Ramsey. Editor(s): Hintikka, Jaakko. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792334842
- ISBN
- 9780792334842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 249.88
€ 249.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198747833
- ISBN
- 9780198747833
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.19
€ 31.99
€ 23.19
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199599684
- ISBN
- 9780199599684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Hardback. A study of the Western astronomical tradition from ancient Babylonia to the European Renaissance, with emphasis on the Greek period. The book explores the evidence for the astronomy of the ancient past and how astronomy was practised. Emphasis is placed on the material culture of ancient astronomy. Num Pages: 496 pages, numerous halftones and line figures. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PG; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195095395
- ISBN
- 9780195095395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 174.61
€ 174.61
Paperback. The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 40. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418803
- ISBN
- 9781421418803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.00
€ 46.99
€ 39.00
Paperback. Series: Princeton Mathematical Series. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: PBMW; PBPH; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171104
- ISBN
- 9780691171104
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 42.00
€ 53.29
€ 42.00
Hardcover. A gently guided, profusely illustrated Grand Tour of the world of mathematics. Num Pages: 1128 pages, Over 1000 technical illustrations and cartoons and drawings. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 190 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2144.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 1118
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393040029
- ISBN
- 9780393040029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.04€ 68.72
€ 71.04
€ 68.72
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319237145
- ISBN
- 9783319237145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.95
€ 46.95
Hardback. Traces the growth of mathematical modernism from its roots in problem solving and theory to its interactions with physics, philosophy, theology, psychology, and ideas about real and artificial languages. This book is suitable for mathematicians and historians. Num Pages: 528 pages, 25 halftones. 11 line illus. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 188 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136103
- ISBN
- 9780691136103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.98€ 59.46
€ 76.98
€ 59.46
Paperback. Based on the latest historical research, Worlds Out of Nothing is the first book to provide a course on the history of geometry in the 19th century. Topics include projective geometry, especially the concept of duality, non-Euclidean geometry, and more. Series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Num Pages: 410 pages, 71 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857290595
- ISBN
- 9780857290595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.73
€ 51.73