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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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 45.56
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 67.51
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.15
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 139.89
€ 139.89
The Road to Universal Logic. Festschrift for the 50th Birthday of Jean...
. Ed(S): Koslow, Arnold; Buchsbaum, Arthur
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
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Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
The Road to Universal Logic: Festschrift for 50th Birthday of Jean-Yve...
. Ed(S): Koslow, Arnold; Buchsbaum, Arthur
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
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Condition: New
€ 69.52
€ 69.52
The Role of Mathematics in Physical Sciences. Interdisciplinary and Ph...
. Ed(S): Boniolo, Giovanni; Budinich, Paolo; ...
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
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Condition: New
€ 132.59
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.97
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 130.16
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.58
€ 31.99
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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
€ 90.90€ 82.36
€ 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
€ 159.71