History of mathematics
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History of mathematics
Paperback. Shows how life often works at the extremes - with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible - and how mathematicians over the centuries have struggled to calculate these problems of minima and maxima. This is the book on optimization for math enthusiasts of all backgrounds. Num Pages: 392 pages, 99 line illus. BIC Classification: PBU; PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691130521
- ISBN
- 9780691130521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.90
€ 29.99
€ 21.90
Hardcover. Follows on from Sherlock Holmes in Babylon to take the history of mathematics through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Series: Spectrum. Num Pages: 439 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 274 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Mathematical Association of America United States
- Number of pages
- 442
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780883855690
- ISBN
- 9780883855690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.19€ 61.07
€ 66.19
€ 61.07
Hardcover. Num Pages: 215 pages, 54 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBC; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 497.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319173672
- ISBN
- 9783319173672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.22
€ 112.22
Paperback / so. Series: Mathematisch-Physikalische Bibliothek. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 3. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1923
- Publisher
- Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783663151883
- ISBN
- 9783663151883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.29
€ 67.29
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Neuenschwander, Erwin. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034893961
- ISBN
- 9783034893961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.09
€ 71.09
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Neuenschwander, E. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 277.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034896788
- ISBN
- 9783034896788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.59
€ 68.59
Wissenschaftlicher Briefwechsel mit Bohr, Einstein, Heisenberg U.A. / ...
Pauli, Wolfgang. Ed(S): Meyenn, Karl Von
Paperback. Editor(s): Meyenn, Karl Von. Series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 994 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PHQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
- Number of pages
- 994
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662308400
- ISBN
- 9783662308400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 205.07
€ 205.07
Hardback. This book provides a scientific and intellectual biography of John von Neumann, who proposed a conception of the world as a mathematical game, one globally governed by a universal logic in which individual consciousness moved following different strategies. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764398958
- ISBN
- 9783764398958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.39
€ 123.39
Paperback. Based on the latest historical research, Worlds Out of Nothing is the first book to provide a course on the history of geometry in the 19th century. Topics include projective geometry, especially the concept of duality, non-Euclidean geometry, and more. Series: Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Num Pages: 410 pages, 71 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857290595
- ISBN
- 9780857290595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.49
€ 51.49
Paperback. Offers a survey of the professional evolution and significance of an entire discipline devoted to the history of science. This book provides an intellectual and a social history of the development of the subject from the first such effort written by the ancient Greek author Eudemus in the Fourth Century BC. Editor(s): Dauben, Joseph Warren; Scriba, Christoph J. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 708 pages, 13 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1241.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
- Number of pages
- 708
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764361679
- ISBN
- 9783764361679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 128.43
€ 128.43
Paperback. Series: Springer-Lehrbuch. BIC Classification: PBX. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 533.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540556541
- ISBN
- 9783540556541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.28
€ 60.28
Paperback. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764326357
- ISBN
- 9783764326357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.17
€ 61.17
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBKA; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034871228
- ISBN
- 9783034871228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.05
€ 80.05
Paperback. Series: Mathematik Im Kontext. Num Pages: 426 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBG; PBX; PDX; PHQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 643.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642218248
- ISBN
- 9783642218248
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.47
€ 82.47