History of mathematics
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History of mathematics
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
€ 20.99€ 16.77
€ 20.99
€ 16.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PBKA; PBM; PBW; PBX; PDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Belknap Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674284388
- ISBN
- 9780674284388
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.37
€ 27.99
€ 24.37
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
€ 206.87
€ 206.87
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
€ 190.67
€ 190.67
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
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
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
€ 189.11
€ 189.11
Hardcover. Deals with some of the influential mathematics departments in the United States. This book also deals with a conference held at Princeton in 1946 to commemorate the university's bicentennial. It covers topics such as the influence of women in American mathematics, the burgeoning of differential geometry, and discussions of the work of von Karman. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 585 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 1219.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821801307
- ISBN
- 9780821801307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00€ 113.90
€ 127.00
€ 113.90
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
€ 123.12
€ 123.12
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
€ 54.39
€ 54.39
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
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
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
€ 190.91
€ 190.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 521 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; PBW; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 521
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540670841
- ISBN
- 9783540670841
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.16
€ 198.16
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
€ 36.99€ 27.15
€ 36.99
€ 27.15
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
€ 187.58
€ 187.58
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
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
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
€ 73.62
€ 73.62
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
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Hardback. Editor(s): Mauldin, R. Daniel. Num Pages: 340 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBG; PBKF; PBP; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319228969
- ISBN
- 9783319228969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 178.20
€ 178.20
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316633304
- ISBN
- 9781316633304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.03
€ 43.03
hardcover. Editor(s): Ramaswamy, Ramakrishna. Num Pages: 232 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCHS; PBT; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 541.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer India
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132236740
- ISBN
- 9788132236740
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.44
€ 123.44