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Hardback. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 326 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 912.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Birkhauser United States
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764372576
- ISBN
- 9783764372576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.09
€ 57.09
Paperback. Series: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics. Num Pages: 117 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493932634
- ISBN
- 9781493932634
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.79
€ 76.79
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
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Hardback. The major mathematical treatise by the towering Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, the Collection, consists of eight volumes. This volume, the fourth, covers Hellenistic geometry from the point of view of mathematical methods and strategies. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 101 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849960045
- ISBN
- 9781849960045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.79
€ 134.79
Hardback. Mathematik und ihre Geschichte: Die sorgfaltige Analyse dessen, was "die Alten" bewiesen, fuhrt zu einem besseren Verstandnis der Geschichte und der heutigen Mathematik sowie zu einer guten Motivation. Band 1 behandelt die Konstruktion der reellen Zahlen " Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764387761
- ISBN
- 9783764387761
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.59
€ 122.59
Hardback. Dieses Buch handelt von Mathematik und ihrer Geschichte. Die Analyse dessen, was "die Alten" bewiesen, fuhrt zu einem besseren Verstandnis der Geschichte und der heutigen Mathematik. Band 2 beginnt mit der grossen Arbeit von Lagrange von 1770/71 " Num Pages: 627 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1257.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 627
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764387785
- ISBN
- 9783764387785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.01
€ 122.01
Hardback. Consists of essays about the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the US and Europe. This book includes essays on rationality, logic and mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. It addresses the relation between science and culture and relates the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 499 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 879.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 499
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792364818
- ISBN
- 9780792364818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 513.37
€ 513.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 688 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTB; HB; PBX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1085.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 688
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401058209
- ISBN
- 9789401058209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 507.93
€ 507.93
Paperback. Editor(s): Remmert, Reinhold; Serre, Jean-Pierre. Series: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics. Num Pages: 550 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBK; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1979, Reprint 2015 of the 1979 edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662469118
- ISBN
- 9783662469118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.37
€ 86.37
Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive review of the mathematical theory of the solitaire game The Tower of Hanoi, from its invention in 1883 by the number theorist Edouard Lucas to current research in mathematics and applications in computer science and psychology. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBUD; PBV; PBX; UMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034807692
- ISBN
- 9783034807692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.74€ 51.14
€ 57.74
€ 51.14
From Summetria to Symmetry: The Making of a Revolutionary Scientific C...
Hon, Giora (University Of Haifa, Israel); Gol...
paperback. The concept of symmetry is inherent to modern science. This study is based on primary sources, presented in context: the authors examine the trajectory of the concept in the mathematical and scientific disciplines as well as in art and architecture. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; HPN; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048178841
- ISBN
- 9789048178841
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 316.34
€ 316.34
Hardback. Editor(s): Burns, Robert G.; Szymaniec, Irena; Weron, Aleksander. Translator(s): Shenitzer, Abe. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 492 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319231013
- ISBN
- 9783319231013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.22
€ 153.22
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.62
€ 31.99
€ 30.62
Paperback. Series: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics. Num Pages: 779 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBH; PBMW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1175.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1989, Reprint 2015 of the 1989 edition
- Number of pages
- 779
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662471531
- ISBN
- 9783662471531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.29
€ 88.29
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
€ 67.93
€ 67.93
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
€ 118.50
€ 118.50
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
€ 128.53
€ 128.53
Paperback / so. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: BG; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034872751
- ISBN
- 9783034872751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.34
€ 83.34
paperback. Series: Mathematik Im Kontext. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, bibliography. BIC Classification: HB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Spektrum Germany
- Edition
- 2. Aufl. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662471296
- ISBN
- 9783662471296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.51
€ 32.99
€ 28.51
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
€ 85.55€ 77.93
€ 85.55
€ 77.93