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Hardback. Calculus in Context is a compelling exploration-for students and instructors alike-of a discipline that is both rich in conceptual beauty and broad in its applied relevance. Num Pages: 712 pages, 645, 645 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: PBJ; PBKA; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 46. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422305
- ISBN
- 9781421422305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.65€ 86.50
€ 95.65
€ 86.50
hardcover. In 1821, Augustin-Louis Cauchy published a textbook to accompany his course in analysis at the Ecole Polytechnique. It is still regarded as one of the most influential mathematics book ever written, and this is the first English translation of that book. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 412 pages, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 412
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441905482
- ISBN
- 9781441905482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.08
€ 230.08
Paperback. We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory. This book gives us the complete history of this area of mathematics, from its classical analytical beginnings to the present day. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones. 67 line illus. BIC Classification: PBUD; PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- With a New preface by the author
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691155012
- ISBN
- 9780691155012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 17.15
€ 19.00
€ 17.15
Hardback. Mathematicians and historians of mathematics and science will find in The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra new ways to conceptualize the intellectual development of linear algebra. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJH; PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897559
- ISBN
- 9780801897559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 63.20
€ 68.92
€ 63.20
Paperback. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034873840
- ISBN
- 9783034873840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.54
€ 66.54
Hardback. Recalls the last words of the great Greek mathematician Archimedes before he was slain by a Roman soldier - "Don't disturb my circles" - words that seem to refer to two radically different concerns: that of the practical person living in the concrete world of reality, and that of the theoretician lost in a world of abstraction. Editor(s): Doxiadis, Apostolos; Mazur, Barry. Num Pages: 552 pages, 91 line illus. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 43. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 592
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691149042
- ISBN
- 9780691149042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.92€ 53.97
€ 68.92
€ 53.97
Paperback. Providing insight into one of the most fascinating and unique subjects in statistics, this book examines classic problems of probability that have both contributed to the field and have been of historical significance, including Parrondo's Amazing Paradox, Laplace's Rule of Succession, and Jacob Bernoulli and His Golden Theorem. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118063255
- ISBN
- 9781118063255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.72
€ 75.72
Hardback. Num Pages: 744 pages. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119127925
- ISBN
- 9781119127925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.81
€ 145.81
Hardback. Contains a selection of 19 papers on the history of Greek mathematics that were published during the 20th century and affected significantly the state of the art of this field. This book is divided into six thematic sections and covers all the major issues of the Greek mathematical production. Editor(s): Christianidis, Jean. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PBX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402000812
- ISBN
- 9781402000812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 258.83
€ 258.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Christianidis, Jean. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 486 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 741.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2004
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048158508
- ISBN
- 9789048158508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 251.32
€ 251.32
Paperback. Num Pages: XII, 266 pagg. BIC Classification: GPF; GPJ; HBWQ; PBH; PBX; PDX; TBX; UB; URY; UY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag Italy
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788847003163
- ISBN
- 9788847003163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.26
€ 28.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1985
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034893381
- ISBN
- 9783034893381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.12
€ 73.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 532 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 913.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034893411
- ISBN
- 9783034893411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.00
€ 70.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 620 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1079.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 620
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034893442
- ISBN
- 9783034893442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.09
€ 71.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 28. Weight in Grams: 933.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034893473
- ISBN
- 9783034893473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.12
€ 70.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 652 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
- Number of pages
- 652
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034893602
- ISBN
- 9783034893602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.33
€ 71.33
Paperback. Series: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics. Num Pages: 779 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBH; PBMW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1175.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1989, Reprint 2015 of the 1989 edition
- Number of pages
- 779
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662471531
- ISBN
- 9783662471531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.29
€ 88.29
paperback. Num Pages: 904 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
- Number of pages
- 904
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034893572
- ISBN
- 9783034893572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.08
€ 74.08
Paperback / so. Editor(s): Lang, Serge; Tate, John T. Series: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBP; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 798.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461457985
- ISBN
- 9781461457985
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 86.28
€ 86.28
Paperback. Published wit the Cooperation of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Editor(s): Olkin, Ingram; Sacks, Jerome; Wynn, Henry P. Series: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics. Num Pages: 536 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 813.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493934973
- ISBN
- 9781493934973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.93
€ 85.93