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Paperback. Drawing on primary source material and interviews with statisticians and other scientists, this book offers an account of Bayes' rule for general readers, It traces its discovery by an amateur mathematician in the 1740s through its development into roughly its modern form by French scientist Pierre Simon Laplace. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PBTB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 37310th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300188226
- ISBN
- 9780300188226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.71
€ 19.71
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
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Condition: New
€ 91.01€ 82.16
€ 91.01
€ 82.16
Paperback. The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 40. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418803
- ISBN
- 9781421418803
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.97
€ 46.99
€ 44.97
Paperback. By any measure, the Pythagorean theorem is the most famous statement in all of mathematics. In this book, the author reveals the full story of this ubiquitous geometric theorem. It shows that the theorem, although attributed to Pythagoras, was known to the Babylonians more than a thousand years earlier. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8 color illus. 141 line illus. 2 tables. BIC Classification: PBM; PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691148236
- ISBN
- 9780691148236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.13
€ 21.99
€ 17.13
Hardback. In his monumental 1687 work, Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, known familiarly as the Principia, Isaac Newton laid out in mathematical terms the principles of time, force, and motion that have guided the development of modern physical science. This is a modern translation based on the 1726 edition. Translator(s): Cohen, I. Bernard; Whitman, Anne. Num Pages: 992 pages, 10 b&w illustrations, 276 line figures, 27 tables. BIC Classification: HPC; PBX; PHD; PHU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 264 x 54. Weight in Grams: 1898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, Collector's ed.
- SKU
- V9780520290877
- ISBN
- 9780520290877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 72.98
€ 95.17
€ 72.98
Paperback. In this study of the history of statistics, which begins with probability theory in the 17th century, Alain Desrosieres shows how the evolution of modern statistics has been inextricably bound up with the knowledge and power of governments. Translator(s): Naish, Camille. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009691
- ISBN
- 9780674009691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.56
€ 53.99
€ 45.56
paperback. Henri Poincare formulated his Conjecture in 1904 that promised to describe the very shape of the universe, but remained unproved until a huge prize was offered for its solution in 2000. This book explains the maths behind the Conjecture and its proof, and illuminates various personalities surrounding this perplexing conundrum. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: PBP; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141032382
- ISBN
- 9780141032382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; JNB; JNU; PBX; YQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780226421490
- ISBN
- 9780226421490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.45
€ 21.99
€ 18.45
Hardback. British mathematician Alan Turing, credited with cracking the German Enigma code during World War II, he died in 1954 after eating a cyanide-laced apple - his death was ruled a suicide. This book reveals the author's personal reflections on Turing and other fellow mathematicians. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691129822
- ISBN
- 9780691129822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
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
€ 37.99€ 27.63
€ 37.99
€ 27.63
Paperback. Providing a full-length investigations of Pierre de Fermat's life and work, this title provides rare insight into the mathematical genius of a hobbyist who never sought to publish his work, yet who ranked with his contemporaries Pascal and Descartes in shaping the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 456 pages, 67 figs. BIC Classification: 3JD; BG; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691036663
- ISBN
- 9780691036663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.27€ 64.27
€ 83.27
€ 64.27
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€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. In this Very Short Introduction, Jacqueline Stedall explores the rich historical and cultural diversity of mathematical endeavour from the distant past to the present day, using illustrative case studies drawn from a range of times and places; including early imperial China, the medieval Islamic world, and nineteenth-century Britain. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199599684
- ISBN
- 9780199599684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. Praise for the Second Edition "An amazing assemblage of worldwide contributions in mathematics and, in addition to use as a course book, a valuable resource.. essential. Num Pages: 648 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 179 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118217566
- ISBN
- 9781118217566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.54
€ 158.54
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
€ 192.51
€ 192.51
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
Hardback. Throughout the book, readers take a journey throughout time and observe how people around the world have understood these patterns of quantity, structure, and dimension around them. Num Pages: 252 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118853849
- ISBN
- 9781118853849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.75
€ 103.75
Paperback. Ranging from the Ishango Bone of central Africa and the Inca quipu of South America to the dawn of modern mathematics, this book points out that human beings everywhere have been capable of advanced and innovative mathematical thinking. It shows us the deep influence that the Egyptians and Babylonians had on the Greeks. Num Pages: 584 pages, 6 halftones. 164 line illus. 18 tables. 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1F; 1H; 1KLS; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Third
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691135267
- ISBN
- 9780691135267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Calculus is the mathematical method for the analysis of things that change, and since in the natural world we are surrounded by change, the development of calculus was a huge breakthrough in the history of mathematics. David Acheson charts the historical development of calculus and takes readers through the basic ideas, step by step. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 115 black and white images. BIC Classification: PBK; PBKA; PBX. Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198804543
- ISBN
- 9780198804543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.14
€ 18.99
€ 15.14
Paperback. A handy where-to-find-it pocket reference companion to Euclid's Elements. Provides all the propositions and diagrams without the detailed proofs. Readers can use it to see the scope and structure of Elements, identify exactly what Euclid covers and what he doesn't, and to find the location of remembered propositions. Editor(s): Densmore, Dana. Translator(s): Heath, Thomas L. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBH; PBM; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 199.
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009217
- ISBN
- 9781888009217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.13
€ 14.99
€ 14.13