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History of mathematics

Paperback. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764326357
ISBN
9783764326357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.54

Book. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 210 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764327293
ISBN
9783764327293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 88.11

Paperback. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBK; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764328146
ISBN
9783764328146
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 163.52

Hardback. Presents a study of the history of mathematics in the nineteenth century. This book describes the development of geometry. It discusses analytic function theory, and shows how the work of mathematicians like Cauchy, Riemann and Weierstrass led to fresh ways of understanding functions. Editor(s): Kolmogorov, A. N.; Yushkevich, A. P. Num Pages: 291 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; PBM; PBP; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
291
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764350482
ISBN
9783764350482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.76

Paperback. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 86 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 6. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764350789
ISBN
9783764350789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.24

Paperback. Presents an overview of mathematical activity in Berlin, beginning with the foundation of the Academy by Leibniz. This work covers the foundation of the University of Berlin, the 'Golden Age' of mathematics, the Nazi period, and the development of mathematics in East and West Berlin during the political division of the city. Editor(s): Begehr, Heinrich; Koch, Helmut; Kramer, Jurg; Schappacher, Norbert; Thiele, Ernst-Jochen. Num Pages: 216 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764359430
ISBN
9783764359430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.10

Paperback. Offers a survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. This book provides an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient Greek author Eudemus in the Fourth Century BC. Editor(s): Dauben, Joseph Warren; Scriba, Christoph J. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 708 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1241.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Number of pages
708
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764361679
ISBN
9783764361679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.85

paperback. Covers the evolution of mathematics in the nineteenth century as a whole. This book discusses useful concepts, methods, and algorithms. Editor(s): Kolmogorov, A. N.; Yushkevich, A. P.; Shenitzer, A. Translator(s): Grant, Hazel; Sheinin, O. B. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Edition
2nd rev. ed. 2001
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764364427
ISBN
9783764364427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.13

Hardback. Philanthropic societies funded by the Rockefeller family were prominent in the social history of the twentieth century, for their involvement in medicine and applied science. This book provides the first detailed study of their relatively brief but nonetheless influential foray into the field of mathematics. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 354 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJG; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 877.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764364687
ISBN
9783764364687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.62

Hardback. The significance of foundational debate in mathematics that took place in the 1920s seems to have been recognized only in circles of mathematicians and philosophers. This book presents the foundational debate in a period in the history of mathematics when mathematics and philosophy, usually so far away from each other, seemed to meet. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 471 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 36. Weight in Grams: 832.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
471
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764365363
ISBN
9783764365363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.03

Hardback. Italian mathematics between the two World Wars was shaped by a colorful array of strong personalities who concentrated their efforts on a select number of fields and won international recognition and respect in an incredibly short time. This book describes Italian mathematics in the period between the two World Wars. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 309 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
309
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764365554
ISBN
9783764365554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.73

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

Hardback. Presents the features of the Wasan tradition, which is the indigenous mathematics that developed in Japan during the Edo period (1600-1868). This work offers a description of the mathematical textbooks published in the 17th century, then shifts to the work of the two leading mathematicians of this tradition, Seki Takakazu and Takebe Katahiro. Translator(s): Wimmer-Zagier, Silke. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 377 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
377
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764387440
ISBN
9783764387440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 285.05

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

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

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

hardcover. Editor(s): Komatsu, Hikosaburo; Knobloch, Eberhard; Liu, Dun. Series: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics. Num Pages: 588 pages, 17 black & white tables, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Edition
2013th Edition
Number of pages
588
Condition
New
SKU
V9784431542728
ISBN
9784431542728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.18

Paperback. Editor(s): Knobloch, Eberhard; Komatsu, Hikosaburo; Liu, Dun. Series: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics. Num Pages: 588 pages, 17 black & white tables, 20 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
Number of pages
588
Condition
New
SKU
V9784431547242
ISBN
9784431547242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.34

Hardcover. Focusing on a subset of Ramanujan's significant papers, this book gives an informal account of major developments that emanated from his work in the 20th and 21st centuries. The essays presented here show how Ramanujan shaped the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBKF; PBV; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788132207696
ISBN
9788132207696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.99

Paperback. Focusing on a subset of Ramanujan's significant papers, this book gives an informal account of major developments that emanated from his work in the 20th and 21st centuries. The essays presented here show how Ramanujan shaped the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBKF; PBV; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer, India, Private Ltd India
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9788132217435
ISBN
9788132217435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 182.99

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