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History of mathematics
hardcover. Explores how the development of algebraic symbolism, logarithms, and the practical demands for an expanded number concept all contributed to a broadening of the number concept in early modern England. Editor(s): Neal, Katherine. Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFCX; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Number of pages
- 175
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2002nd Edition
- SKU
- V9781402005657
- ISBN
- 9781402005657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.10
€ 131.10
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. 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
Paperback. This systematic and historical treatment of Russell's contributions to analytic philosophy, from his embrace of analysis in 1898 to his landmark theory of descriptions in 1905, draws important connections between his philosophically motivated conception of analysis and the technical apparatus he devised to facilitate analyses in mathematics Series: History of Analytic Philosophy. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HPCF5; HPL; PBB; PBC; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349453733
- ISBN
- 9781349453733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. This is a personal exploration of the life, the writings and the mathematical achievements of a remarkable 19th century woman; the book emphasizes the originality of Kovalevskaya's work and assesses her legacy and reputation as a mathematician and scientist. BIC Classification: PBX. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 18. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857299284
- ISBN
- 9780857299284
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.71
€ 48.99
€ 41.71
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
She highlights the human side of what many view as that most arcane and otherworldly of intellectual endeavors, mathematics, which indeed answers to such diverse factors as religion, ego, and depression. Num Pages: 544 pages, 13, 8 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882913
- ISBN
- 9780801882913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.63
€ 94.63
Paperback. Tells of a story of great mathematicians and their achievements, of practical successes and failures, and of human perfidy and generosity. This title shows mathematicians as frail, flesh-and-blood creatures. Num Pages: 318 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBX; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 489.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387946702
- ISBN
- 9780387946702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.44
€ 27.44
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
Hardback. Series: Sources in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 145
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387907604
- ISBN
- 9780387907604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.62
€ 130.62
Paperback. Surveys the most important of Fisher's papers in various areas of statistics. Editor(s): Fienberg, Stephen E.; Hinkley, David V. Series: Lecture Notes in Statistics. Num Pages: 219 pages, 30 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1980. 2nd printing 1990
- Number of pages
- 219
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387904764
- ISBN
- 9780387904764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 184.71
€ 184.71
Hardcover. 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: 218 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBF; PBKQ; PBWR; PBX; PHD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387878676
- ISBN
- 9780387878676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.88
€ 120.88
Hardback. "The Almagest", by the Greek astronomer and mathematician Ptolemy, is the most important surviving treatise on early mathematical astronomy, offering historians valuable insight into the astronomy and mathematics of the ancient world. This title provides students of the history of astronomy with a self-contained introduction to the "Almagest". Editor(s): Jones, Alexander. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 470 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1048.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- Annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387848259
- ISBN
- 9780387848259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 197.98
€ 197.98
Hardback. 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: 243 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 211
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387797144
- ISBN
- 9780387797144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.14
€ 150.14
Hardback. Covering the more than 200 year period between James Bernoulli and R.A. Fisher, this book offers a detailed history of parametric statistical inference. Lively biographical sketches of many of the main characters are featured throughout. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 226 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387464084
- ISBN
- 9780387464084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.26
€ 132.26
Hardcover. Through the prism of gender, this text explores the contrasting cultures and practice of mathematics and science and asks how they impacted on women. Claire Jones assesses nineteenth-century ideas about women's intellect, femininity and masculinity, and assesses how these attitudes shaped women's experiences as students and practitioners. Num Pages: 273 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; JFSJ1; PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230555211
- ISBN
- 9780230555211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Hardcover. This book develops the major themes of time series analysis from its formal beginnings in the early part of the 20th century to the present day through the research of six distinguished British statisticians, all of whose work is characterised by the British traits of pragmatism and the desire to solve practical problems of importance. Series: Palgrave Advanced Texts in Econometrics. Num Pages: 450 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230369115
- ISBN
- 9780230369115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.15
€ 196.15
Provides historical context to the mathematics that undergrad math and math education majors encounter every day. This title illuminates the people, stories, and social context behind mathematics' historical advances while maintaining appropriate focus on the mathematical concepts themselves. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Education - Europe United States
- Edition
- 7 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780073383156
- ISBN
- 9780073383156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 276.17
€ 276.17
Paperback. This book offers a comprehensive review of the mathematical theory of the solitaire game The Tower of Hanoi, from its invention in 1883 by the number theorist Edouard Lucas to current research in mathematics and applications in computer science and psychology. Num Pages: 350 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBUD; PBV; PBX; UMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 539.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034807692
- ISBN
- 9783034807692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.74€ 51.14
€ 57.74
€ 51.14
hardcover. William Burnside [1852-1927] was a scholar of international renown, a colourful figure, and a pure mathematician who established abstract algebra as a subject of serious study in Britain. This edition of Collected Papers, enhanced by a series of critical essays, is of major importance to scholars in group theory and the history and philosophy of mathematics. Editor(s): Neumann, Peter M.; Mann, A. J. S.; Tompson, Julia. Num Pages: 1616 pages, 8 half tone. BIC Classification: BGH; GBC; PBG; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 196 x 102. Weight in Grams: 3536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 1616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198505853
- ISBN
- 9780198505853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 416.82
€ 416.82