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History of mathematics
Paperback. This remarkable work, rich in insight and scholarship, seeks to draw readers closer to the underlying ideas of Riemann's work and to the development of them in their historical context. Translator(s): Shenitzer, Abe. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 357 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817647766
- ISBN
- 9780817647766
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.36€ 59.20
€ 67.36
€ 59.20
Hardback. This engaging contribution to popular science explores hot-button topics in mathematics that up to now have been largely absent from the genre. Real-world examples and visual aids help unlock the numerical principles of topics such as wavelets and encryption. Num Pages: 382 pages, 121 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 19 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461489382
- ISBN
- 9781461489382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.55€ 59.28
€ 62.55
€ 59.28
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691171715
- ISBN
- 9780691171715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.47€ 42.58
€ 53.47
€ 42.58
Paperback. An in-depth but always fun exploration of the history of numbers and their applications in life and science. Brian Clegg shows how maths has become more and more detached from reality, despite driving the development of modern physics. Num Pages: 304 pages, Integrated b&w charts and illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472139764
- ISBN
- 9781472139764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.29
€ 18.99
€ 14.29
Hardback. Traces the origins and development of mathematics in the ancient Middle East, from its earliest beginnings in the fourth millennium BCE to the end of indigenous intellectual culture in the second century BCE when cuneiform writing was gradually abandoned. Num Pages: 472 pages, 24 halftones. 51 line illus. 60 tables. BIC Classification: 1FBQ; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691091822
- ISBN
- 9780691091822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.17€ 64.47
€ 83.17
€ 64.47
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
Hardcover. The classic Heath translation, in a completely new layout with plenty of space and generous margins. An affordable but sturdy sewn hardcover student and teacher edition in one volume, with minimal notes and a new index/glossary. Translator(s): Heath, Thomas L.; Densmore, Dana. Num Pages: 529 pages, diagrams, figures. BIC Classification: PBH; PBM; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 188 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 529
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009187
- ISBN
- 9781888009187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 41.94
€ 45.99
€ 41.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, En. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Réimpression inchangée de l'édition originale de 1
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540339380
- ISBN
- 9783540339380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.39
€ 84.39
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. In 1945 a small group of brilliant engineers and mathematicians gathered at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, determined to build a computer that would make Alan Turing's theory of a 'universal machine' reality. This bok is the story behind how the PC, ipod, smartphone and almost every aspect of modern life came into being. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141015903
- ISBN
- 9780141015903
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Paperback. Unique graphic introductions to big ideas and thinkers, written by experts in the field. Illustrator(s): Van Loon, Borin. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 122 x 13. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Icon Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Fourth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848312975
- ISBN
- 9781848312975
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.90
€ 11.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. Leonhard Euler's polyhedron formula describes the structure of many objects - from soccer balls and gemstones to Buckminster Fuller's buildings and giant all-carbon molecules. Yet Euler's formula is so simple it can be explained to a child. This title tells the story of this indispensable mathematical idea. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones. 185 line illus. 8 tables. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154572
- ISBN
- 9780691154572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.92
€ 24.99
€ 18.92
Paperback. Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. This title explores the curious imagination of this man who filled his writings with problems, paradoxes, puzzles and teasing games of logic. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141016108
- ISBN
- 9780141016108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.77
€ 23.99
€ 17.77
Hardback. Editor(s): Goethe, Norma B.; Beeley, Philip; Rabouin, David. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 210 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 244 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401796637
- ISBN
- 9789401796637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Paperback. Here is the captivating history of maths from prehistoric times to our digital age, looking at the people and their cultures, their beliefs and aims behind the discoveries that fundamentally changed the way we see the world. Num Pages: 192 pages, Black-and-white diagrams. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 12. .
- Publisher
- Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782437673
- ISBN
- 9781782437673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.15
€ 10.99
€ 10.15
Hardback. Translator(s): Bruzzo, Ugo. Series: Springer Biographies. BIC Classification: PBX. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493935314
- ISBN
- 9781493935314
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.41
€ 140.41
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Pearson New International Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292027784
- ISBN
- 9781292027784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 106.90
€ 106.90
Hardback. Num Pages: 696 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 1285.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691119274
- ISBN
- 9780691119274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.29€ 55.72
€ 71.29
€ 55.72
Hardback. String Figures as Mathematics? Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 411 pages, 1100 black & white illustrations, 134 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319119939
- ISBN
- 9783319119939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.78
€ 129.78
Paperback. Neal Koblitz is a co-inventor of one of the two most popular forms of encryption and digital signature, and his autobiographical memoirs are collected in this volume. These engaging stories fully capture the experiences of a student and later a scientist caught up in the tumultuous events of his generation. Num Pages: 401 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBH; PBX; UMB; URY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 401
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2008th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642430152
- ISBN
- 9783642430152
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 101.23
€ 101.23