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History of mathematics

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

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

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

€ 95.06
€ 72.98

Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319100937
ISBN
9783319100937
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.51

Hardcover. This book takes the reader on a journey around the globe and through centuries of history, exploring the transformations that mathematical proof has undergone from its inception at the time of Euclid and Pythagoras to its versatile, present-day use. Num Pages: 264 pages, 83 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBCD; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 668.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Edition
2011th Edition
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387489087
ISBN
9780387489087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 45.30

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

€ 19.00
€ 17.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319237145
ISBN
9783319237145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.56

hardcover. The manuscript gives a detailed account of the theory of series in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It presents the subject from the viewpoint of the mathematicians of the period, and distinguishes earlier conceptions from ones that prevail today. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Edition
2008th Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387734675
ISBN
9780387734675
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.86

paperback. The manuscript gives a detailed account of the theory of series in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. It presents the subject from the viewpoint of the mathematicians of the period, and distinguishes earlier conceptions from ones that prevail today. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 392 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 623.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441925206
ISBN
9781441925206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 139.89

Paperback. The Road to Universal Logic Editor(s): Koslow, Arnold; Buchsbaum, Arthur. Series: Studies in Universal Logic. Num Pages: 619 pages, 70 black & white illustrations, 180 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCD; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
619
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319153674
ISBN
9783319153674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.39

paperback. The Road to Universal Logic Editor(s): Koslow, Arnold; Buchsbaum, Arthur. Series: Studies in Universal Logic. Num Pages: 532 pages, 51 black & white illustrations, 51 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBCD; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 893.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Birkhäuser Switzerland
Edition
2015th Edition
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319101927
ISBN
9783319101927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.52

Hardback. Even though mathematics and physics have been related for centuries and this relation appears to be unproblematic, there are many questions still open. This book aims to offer plausible answers to the questions through both historical analyses of relevant cases, and philosophical analyses of the relations between mathematics and physics. Editor(s): Boniolo, Giovanni; Budinich, Paolo; Trobok, Majda. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 537.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402031069
ISBN
9781402031069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.59

Hardcover. Using material from archives in Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the United States, this book reveals fascinating, often surprising new information about this distinguished algebraist, physicist, statistician, author and leading algebraic geometer. Num Pages: 471 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034807111
ISBN
9783034807111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.57

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

hardcover. Here is a selection of more than 400 letters from and to the Dutch physicist and Nobel Prize winner Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, covering the period from 1883 until just before his death. The letters have been selected primarily according to scientific interest. Editor(s): Kox, A. J. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 804 pages, 35 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PHD; PHQ; PHR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 167 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1238.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer United States
Edition
2009th Edition
Number of pages
804
Condition
New
SKU
V9780387779393
ISBN
9780387779393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 255.34

Hardback. Editor(s): Mauldin, R. Daniel. Num Pages: 340 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBG; PBKF; PBP; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319228969
ISBN
9783319228969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.40

Paperback. This book provides a deeper understanding of L.E.J. Brouwer and his revolutionary ideas on topology and foundations of mathematics (intuitionism). Includes letters and university and faculty correspondence that illustrates his role in the twentieth century. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 540 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBCD; PBP; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 819.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
540
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447126911
ISBN
9781447126911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 130.16

Paperback. What gives statistics its unity as a science? Stephen Stigler sets forth the seven foundational ideas of statistics-a scientific discipline related to but distinct from mathematics and computer science and one which often seems counterintuitive. His original account will fascinate the interested layperson and engage the professional statistician. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JHBC; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088917
ISBN
9780674088917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.58

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.90
€ 82.36

Paperback. This book traces the careers of Athanasius Kircher and Galileo Galilei, reviewing Kircher's work translating hieroglyphs, developing sundials and even preceding Darwin in suggesting that animal species evolve, and Galileo's on scales, telescopes and sun spots. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 191 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PDZ; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319375571
ISBN
9783319375571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 159.71

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