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
€ 90.88€ 67.04
€ 90.88
€ 67.04
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691607771
- ISBN
- 9780691607771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.88€ 67.41
€ 90.88
€ 67.41
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610511
- ISBN
- 9780691610511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.38€ 64.83
€ 87.38
€ 64.83
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 398
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614939
- ISBN
- 9780691614939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.56€ 61.08
€ 81.56
€ 61.08
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691626949
- ISBN
- 9780691626949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.97
€ 45.99
€ 32.97
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBJD; HBTB; PBX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636290
- ISBN
- 9780691636290
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 281.79
€ 281.79
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 444 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; PBX; PDZM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 444
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638638
- ISBN
- 9780691638638
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 268.14
€ 268.14
Hardback. This title argues that a new way of speaking of mathematics and describing it emerged at the end of the 16th century. Leading mathematicians like Hariot, Stevin, Galileo and Cavalieri began referring to their field in terms drawn from the exploration accounts of Columbus and Magellan. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JB; PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732604
- ISBN
- 9780804732604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.36
€ 92.36
Hardback. The Siddhantasundara is the last major treatise of Indian astronomy and cosmology to receive serious scholarly attention, Knudsen's careful effort unveils the 500-year-old Sanskrit verses and shows the clever quirkiness of Jnanaraja's writing style, his keen use of mathematics, and his subtle philosophical arguments. Num Pages: 376 pages, 31, 31 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 32. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421414423
- ISBN
- 9781421414423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 80.57
€ 89.13
€ 80.57
Paperback. An easy-to-read presentation of the early history of mathematics Engaging and accessible, An Introduction to the Early Development of Mathematics provides a captivating introduction to the history of ancient mathematics in early civilizations for a nontechnical audience. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119104971
- ISBN
- 9781119104971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.69
€ 78.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PGK; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780718199463
- ISBN
- 9780718199463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.46
€ 14.99
€ 11.46
hardcover. This book demonstrates how, in the Europe of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, literary writers, philosophers, and mathematicians together developed and shaped the idea of modern probability, both scientifically and aesthetically. Translator(s): Wiggins, Ellwood. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; PBT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 865. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804768641
- ISBN
- 9780804768641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 203.67
€ 203.67
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
€ 71.07€ 64.95
€ 71.07
€ 64.95
Paperback. The discoveries and insights of ancient mathematics continue to amaze and fascinate the modern reader. This volume offers the first accessible survey of the discipline in all its variety and diversity of practices. Series: Sciences of Antiquity Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 44 line drawings and 7 b&w photographs, diagrams, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; HBAH; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415164955
- ISBN
- 9780415164955
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.64
€ 56.64
hardcover. Complements the previous collection of articles by the author, "Essays on Early Medieval Mathematics", and deals with the development of mathematics in Europe from the 12th century to about 1500. Including the discoveries of Johannes Regiomontanus in trigonometry and algebra, this book cover the knowledge and application of Euclid's "Elements". Series: Variorum Collected Studies. Num Pages: 354 pages, Includes 7 b&w figures. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLC; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780860789574
- ISBN
- 9780860789574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.31
€ 207.31
hardcover. William Burnside [1852-1927] was a scholar of international renown, a colourful figure, and a pure mathematician who established abstract algebra as a subject of serious study in Britain. This edition of Collected Papers, enhanced by a series of critical essays, is of major importance to scholars in group theory and the history and philosophy of mathematics. Editor(s): Neumann, Peter M.; Mann, A. J. S.; Tompson, Julia. Num Pages: 1616 pages, 8 half tone. BIC Classification: BGH; GBC; PBG; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 196 x 102. Weight in Grams: 3536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198505853
- ISBN
- 9780198505853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 390.38
€ 390.38
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
€ 80.45
€ 80.45
Provides historical context to the mathematics that undergrad math and math education majors encounter every day. This title illuminates the people, stories, and social context behind mathematics' historical advances while maintaining appropriate focus on the mathematical concepts themselves. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 7 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780073383156
- ISBN
- 9780073383156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 260.90
€ 260.90
Hardcover. This book develops the major themes of time series analysis from its formal beginnings in the early part of the 20th century to the present day through the research of six distinguished British statisticians, all of whose work is characterised by the British traits of pragmatism and the desire to solve practical problems of importance. Series: Palgrave Advanced Texts in Econometrics. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369115
- ISBN
- 9780230369115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.22
€ 188.22
Hardcover. Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners. Num Pages: 273 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; JFSJ1; PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555211
- ISBN
- 9780230555211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.99
€ 64.99