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History of mathematics
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
Paperback. Goro Shimura is one of the world's greatest mathematicians, and this book details his life and the strange world of the math community. It also describes life in Japan during WWII and includes Shimura's opinions on world events and human nature. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBMW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2009
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441927248
- ISBN
- 9781441927248
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Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
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€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
paperback. This book covers the Ramsey Theory, from its history to its famous problems. It also offers studies of Issai Schur, Pierre Joseph, Henry Baudet, and B.L. van der Waerden, incorporating photos and correspondence never before published. Num Pages: 637 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBV; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 967.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 637
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489996268
- ISBN
- 9781489996268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 230.60
€ 230.60
The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition (Modern Birkhäuser Classic...
Davis, Philip, Hersh, Reuben, Marchisotto, El...
Paperback. Winner of the 1983 National Book Award, The Mathematical Experience conveyed the power and beauty of its topic to a broad audience. The study version added exercises and other classroom aids. This softcover edition includes new epilogues by the original authors. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. Num Pages: 525 pages, 139 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 29. Weight in Grams: 984. Series: Modern Birkhauser Classics. 528 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Winner of the 1983 National Book Award, The Mathematical Experience conveyed the power and beauty of its topic to a broad audience. The study version added exercises and other classroom aids. This softcover edition includes new epilogues by the original authors. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PBC; PBX. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 29. Weight: 778.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2012. Updated with Epilogues by the Authors
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817682941
- ISBN
- 9780817682941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.13
€ 87.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 445 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBP; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034875264
- ISBN
- 9783034875264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.02
€ 69.02
Hardback. Leon Ehrenpreis has been one of the leading mathematicians in the twentieth century. This volume collects writings in his honor by a cadre of distinguished mathematicians, many of which were his collaborators. Editor(s): Sabadini, Irene; Struppa, Daniele Carlo. Series: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics. Num Pages: 404 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 765.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847019461
- ISBN
- 9788847019461
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.83
€ 129.83
Hardcover. Focusing on a subset of Ramanujan's significant papers, this book gives an informal account of major developments that emanated from his work in the 20th and 21st centuries. The essays presented here show how Ramanujan shaped the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBKF; PBV; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132207696
- ISBN
- 9788132207696
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 182.99
€ 182.99
Paperback. Focusing on a subset of Ramanujan's significant papers, this book gives an informal account of major developments that emanated from his work in the 20th and 21st centuries. The essays presented here show how Ramanujan shaped the course of modern mathematics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBKF; PBV; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132217435
- ISBN
- 9788132217435
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Condition: New
€ 182.99
€ 182.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Rodriguez-Consuegra, Francisco A. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBC; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034875356
- ISBN
- 9783034875356
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Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Paperback. 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: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034807470
- ISBN
- 9783034807470
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Hardcover. Sophus Lie (1842-1899) is one of Norways greatest scientific talents. His mathematical works have made him famous around the world no less than Niels Henrik Abel. This biography introduces us both the person Sophus Lie and his time. Translator(s): Daly, R. Num Pages: 566 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; PBX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 161 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1138.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540421375
- ISBN
- 9783540421375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 47.83
€ 53.99
€ 47.83
Paperback. Translator(s): Daly, R. Num Pages: 566 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGH; PBX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 951.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 566
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642075704
- ISBN
- 9783642075704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.32€ 61.63
€ 67.32
€ 61.63
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
Hardcover. This book on focuses on the work of Ferdinand Frobenius in linear algebra, its relationship with the work of Burnside, Cartan, and Molien, and its extension by Schur and Brauer. Also covers the Berlin school of mathematics and the guiding force of Weierstrass. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 699 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1194.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 686
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461463320
- ISBN
- 9781461463320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.73
€ 187.73
Hardback. The Mathematics of Measurement is a historical survey of the introduction of mathematics to physics and of the branches of mathematics that were developed specifically for handling measurements, including dimensional analysis, error analysis, and the calculus of quantities. Num Pages: 330 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBW; PBX; PDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387915814
- ISBN
- 9780387915814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.09
€ 107.09
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
paperback. Editor(s): Feingold, M. Series: Archimedes. Num Pages: 270 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HB; HPC; HR; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048161157
- ISBN
- 9789048161157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.05
€ 194.05
The Noether Theorems. Invariance and Conservation Laws in the Twentiet...
Yvette Kosmann-Schwarzbach
Paperback. This book carries a translation of Noether's original paper into English, and then describes the strange history of its reception and the responses to her work. The book clearly shows how long it took to recognize the seminal importance of Noether's results. Translator(s): Schwarzbach, Bertram Eugene. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 205 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461427681
- ISBN
- 9781461427681
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 116.67
€ 116.67
Paperback. To mark the centenary of the 1910 to 1913 publication of the monumental Principia Mathematica by Alfred N. Whitehead and Bertrand Russell, this collection of fifteen new essays by distinguished scholars considers the influence and history of PM over the last hundred years. Editor(s): Griffin, N. Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 485 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPL; HPM; PBB; PBX; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 485
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349466115
- ISBN
- 9781349466115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.01
€ 68.01