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History of mathematics
Hardback. In these selected essays, Charles Parsons surveys the contributions of philosophers and mathematicians who shaped the philosophy of mathematics over the past century: Brouwer, Hilbert, Bernays, Weyl, Godel, Russell, Quine, Putnam, Wang, and Tait. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF5; HPL; PBCD; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674728066
- ISBN
- 9780674728066
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Condition: New
€ 68.26€ 61.44
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Paperback. The biography of a mathematical genius. Paul Erdos was the most prolific pure mathematician in history and, arguably, the strangest too. Num Pages: 320 pages, (1 x 16pp b/w). BIC Classification: BGT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857028294
- ISBN
- 9781857028294
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.24
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€ 14.24
Paperback. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Num Pages: 684 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBH; PBK; PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 970.
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 684
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 3rd ed. 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461426325
- ISBN
- 9781461426325
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Condition: New
€ 59.32
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Paperback. Editor(s): Pesic, Peter. Series: Dover Books on Mathematics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 235 x 13. Weight in Grams: 337.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486489032
- ISBN
- 9780486489032
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.49
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 line illus. BIC Classification: PBF; PBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133911
- ISBN
- 9780691133911
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.24
€ 26.99
€ 20.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198747833
- ISBN
- 9780198747833
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.95
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€ 22.95
Paperback. Hankins brings together the many aspects of Hamilton's life and work-from his significant contributions to mathematics, optics, and mechanics to his passion for metaphysics, poetry, and politics-fully portraying the brilliant man whose faith and idealism guided him in everything he did. Num Pages: 500 pages, 48, 20 black & white halftones, 28 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 500
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801869730
- ISBN
- 9780801869730
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.94
€ 43.99
€ 41.94
Paperback. Presents Newton's "Principia" not only to modern scholars of history of science, but also to nonspecialist undergraduate students of humanities. This title moves from Newton's definitions and axioms through the essential propositions, as Newton himself identified them, to the establishment of universal gravitation and elliptical orbits. Translator(s): Donahue, William H. Num Pages: 589 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1012.
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 589
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 3 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009231
- ISBN
- 9781888009231
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.80
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Hardback. Writings by early mathematicians feature language and notations that are quite different from what we're familiar with today. Sourcebooks on the history of mathematics provide some guidance, but what has been lacking is a guide tailored to the needs of readers approaching these writings for the first time. This book intends to fill this gap. Num Pages: 136 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140148
- ISBN
- 9780691140148
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.09
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€ 33.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Rendall, Steven. Num Pages: 198 pages, 4. BIC Classification: HPCA; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801474521
- ISBN
- 9780801474521
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.47
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Paperback. Helps the reader understand the progression of mathematical thought, and the very foundations of technologies. This book includes landmark discoveries spanning 2500 years and representing the work of mathematicians such as Euclid, Georg Cantor, Kurt Godel, Augustin Cauchy, Bernard Riemann and Alan Turing. Num Pages: 1184 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 54. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 1184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141018782
- ISBN
- 9780141018782
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.16
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Hardback. Based on research in Sanskrit sources, this title chronicles the development of mathematical techniques and texts in South Asia from antiquity to the early modern period. Num Pages: 360 pages, 10 halftones. 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FKA; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691120676
- ISBN
- 9780691120676
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Condition: New
€ 82.45€ 62.95
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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
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Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.28
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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
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.21
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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
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Condition: New
€ 82.45€ 62.74
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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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.18
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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
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.16
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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
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.77
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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
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.80
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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€ 17.53
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€ 17.53