History of mathematics
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History of mathematics
Paperback. Editor(s): Kolmogorov, A. N.; Yushkevich, A. P. Num Pages: 353 pages, 38 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 569.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034898010
- ISBN
- 9783034898010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.29
€ 135.29
Paperback. Reveals the important contributions of mathematics to the physical and social sciences, philosophy, religion, literature, and art. Num Pages: 512 pages, 16 pp halftones and numerous figures. BIC Classification: 1QFH; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 33. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1964
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195007145
- ISBN
- 9780195007145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.93
€ 31.93
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
€ 128.03
€ 128.03
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
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.56€ 58.48
€ 81.56
€ 58.48
Hardback. This review of the mathematics uses in computing takes in a host of topics including software engineering and reliability, coding theory, and cryptography, and is an enlightening introductory guide to the calculations which have built our technological world. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GPJ; PBX; UM; UYA; UYAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 338
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447145332
- ISBN
- 9781447145332
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.46
€ 76.46
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
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
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
€ 81.56€ 58.46
€ 81.56
€ 58.46
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.90
€ 58.90
Paperback. This book collects proceedings of the "Mathematics and Culture" conference (Venice, March 2002). Keeping mathematics as its core, this volume covers music, cinema, art, theatre and literature, addressing topics ranging from Tibet to comics. Editor(s): Emmer, Michele. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBV; PBW; PBX; PDZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642432620
- ISBN
- 9783642432620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.81
€ 64.81
Hardback. Consists of essays about the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the US and Europe. This book includes essays on rationality, logic and mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. It addresses the relation between science and culture and relates the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 499 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 879.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 499
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792364818
- ISBN
- 9780792364818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 496.75
€ 496.75
Hardcover. A gently guided, profusely illustrated Grand Tour of the world of mathematics. Num Pages: 1128 pages, Over 1000 technical illustrations and cartoons and drawings. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 190 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2144.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 1118
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393040029
- ISBN
- 9780393040029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.89€ 68.05
€ 69.89
€ 68.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Coen, Salvatore. Num Pages: 554 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034807616
- ISBN
- 9783034807616
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.41
€ 126.41
Hardback. Examines the scientific personalities of Luigi Cremona, Eugenio Beltrami, Salvatore Pincherle, Federigo Enriques, Beppo Levi, Giuseppe Vitali, Beniamino Segre and of several other mathematicians who worked in Bologna in the century 1861-1960. Editor(s): Coen, Salvatore. Num Pages: 554 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034802260
- ISBN
- 9783034802260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.37
€ 127.37
Mathematicians Fleeing from Nazi Germany: Individual Fates and Global ...
Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze
paperback. The emigration of mathematicians from Europe during the Nazi era signaled an irrevocable and important historical shift for the international mathematics world. This book presents an account of this exodus. It describes the flight of more than 140 mathematicians, their reasons for leaving, and the political and economic issues involved. Num Pages: 504 pages, 59 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691140414
- ISBN
- 9780691140414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.56€ 61.37
€ 81.56
€ 61.37
Hardback. During World War I, Italian mathematician Volterra, who deeply supported the Allied war effort, corresponded with French colleagues Borel, Hadamard and Picard. This book collects these letters, exploring the role of a scientist during wartime. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 194 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HBW; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048127399
- ISBN
- 9789048127399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.43
€ 159.43
Hardback. Editor(s): Burns, Robert G.; Szymaniec, Irena; Weron, Aleksander. Translator(s): Shenitzer, Abe. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 492 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 6 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319231013
- ISBN
- 9783319231013
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 147.06
€ 147.06
Hardback. This text contains the following four mathematical treatises of the 15th century polymath, Leon Alberti: Ludi matematici, De Componendis Cifris, Elementi di pittura and De lunularum quadratura. Each treatise, presented in modern English, includes commentary. Editor(s): Williams, Kim; March, Lionel; Wassell, Stephen R. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034604734
- ISBN
- 9783034604734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
Hardback. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 156 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; HDD; PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319225234
- ISBN
- 9783319225234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardcover. This detailed description of the fundamental developments in statistical theory around 1950 points out the centrally important interplay between increasingly refined mathematical techniques and the concomitant developments in methodological concepts. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642310836
- ISBN
- 9783642310836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.45€ 149.57
€ 151.45
€ 149.57
Paperback. Mathematics can be a passionate subject, and this text introduces the human sides and foibles of mathematics and mathematicians. Each scandal is introduced by a vignette which, although fictional, follows factual historical accounts. Num Pages: 151 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wide World Publishing,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781884550102
- ISBN
- 9781884550102
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.73
€ 12.73