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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€ 15.19
€ 18.99
€ 15.19
Hardback. The Complex Itinerary of Leibniz's Planetary Theory Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBX; PDX; PHDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319212357
- ISBN
- 9783319212357
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Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
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
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Karl Gustafson was given just two weeks to write the first US spy satellite's software. The project would fundamentally alter America's Cold War strategy, and this autobiographical account of a remarkable academic tells this fascinating inside story for the first time. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KF; PBKS; PBW; PBX; UMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642441424
- ISBN
- 9783642441424
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 33.49
€ 41.99
€ 33.49
Hardback. An understanding of developments in Arabic mathematics between the IXth and XVth century is vital to a full appreciation of the history of classical mathematics. This book highlights one of the major developments in Arabic mathematical thinking, provoked by the double fecondation between arithmetic and the algebra of al-Khwarizmi. Translator(s): Armstrong, Angela. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792325659
- ISBN
- 9780792325659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.09
€ 257.09
Paperback. Translator(s): Armstrong, A. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPD; HPK; JFC; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 605.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048143382
- ISBN
- 9789048143382
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Condition: New
€ 250.41
€ 250.41
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
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Condition: New
€ 103.75
€ 103.75
Hardcover. Bringing together contributions from leading experts, and offering much-needed insight, this book analyses historical problems in the use of mathematics in physics, the use of physics in mathematics and the emergence of the discipline of Mathematical Physics. Editor(s): Barbin, E.; Pisano, Raffaele. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 186 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; PBX; PDX; PHU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400753792
- ISBN
- 9789400753792
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
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€ 30.62
€ 31.99
€ 30.62
hardcover. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 356 pages, 186 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489979872
- ISBN
- 9781489979872
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.41
€ 129.41
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
€ 193.01
€ 193.01
The Genius of Archimedes. Proceedings of an International Conference H...
. Ed(S): Paipetis, S. A.; Ceccarelli, Marco
Hardback. Archimedes is regarded as one of the most brilliant scientists of all time. These proceedings contain original, unpublished papers with the primary emphasis on the scientific work of Archimedes and his extensive influence. Editor(s): Paipetis, S. A.; Ceccarelli, Marco. Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science. Num Pages: 515 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2010.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 515
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048190904
- ISBN
- 9789048190904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 268.78
€ 268.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Grosholz, Emily R.; Breger, Herbert. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 416 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPL; PBC; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2000
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048153916
- ISBN
- 9789048153916
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 284.35
€ 284.35
Paperback. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics / Readings in Mathematics. Num Pages: 341 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
- Number of pages
- 341
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461269069
- ISBN
- 9781461269069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.47
€ 78.47
paperback. The primary focus of this work is the mathematical, philosophical, and historical interest in the analytic solution to the lunar problem using the Hill-Brown method. It describes the development of the modern theory and calculation of the Moon's motion. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461426141
- ISBN
- 9781461426141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.19
€ 128.19
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
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
Paperback. The History of Theoretical, Material and Computational Mechanics - Mathematics meets Mechanics and Engineering Editor(s): Stein, Erwin. Series: Lecture Notes in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics. Num Pages: 504 pages, 231 black & white illustrations, 80 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; TBJ; TG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 765.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642399046
- ISBN
- 9783642399046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.72
€ 184.72
Paperback. First published in 2003, this is an accessible and thorough treatment of implicit and inverse function theorems and their applications. The book documents and places in context a substantial body of concepts that have played an role in modern mathematics. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBKJ; PBMP; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461459804
- ISBN
- 9781461459804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 115.39
€ 115.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Sasaki, Chikara; Sugiura, Mitsuo; Dauben, Joseph Warren. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034875233
- ISBN
- 9783034875233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.12
€ 67.12