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History of mathematics
paperback. The primary focus of this work is the mathematical, philosophical, and historical interest in the analytic solution to the lunar problem using the Hill-Brown method. It describes the development of the modern theory and calculation of the Moon's motion. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 323 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 323
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461426141
- ISBN
- 9781461426141
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€ 122.85
€ 122.85
paperback. This study discusses the history of the central limit theorem and related probabilistic limit theorems from about 1810 through 1950. Coverage extends to the historical development of analytical probability theory and its tools. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 402 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 586.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781461427018
- ISBN
- 9781461427018
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Condition: New
€ 218.84
€ 218.84
hardcover. Series: Applied and Numerical Harmonic Analysis. Num Pages: 356 pages, 186 black & white illustrations, 13 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBKF; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489979872
- ISBN
- 9781489979872
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€ 124.04
€ 124.04
paperback. Based on a modern approach incorporating recent insights, this book offers new translations and a new analysis of the procedure texts of Babylonian mathematical astronomy, the earliest known form of mathematical astronomy of the ancient world. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 618 pages, 129 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 2C; 2CS; PBX; PDX; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1565.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Nature United States
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 618
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489988508
- ISBN
- 9781489988508
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Condition: New
€ 192.97
€ 192.97
paperback. This book covers the Ramsey Theory, from its history to its famous problems. It also offers studies of Issai Schur, Pierre Joseph, Henry Baudet, and B.L. van der Waerden, incorporating photos and correspondence never before published. Num Pages: 637 pages, 8 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBV; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 967.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 637
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781489996268
- ISBN
- 9781489996268
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Condition: New
€ 221.76
€ 221.76
Hidden Harmony―Geometric Fantasies: The Rise of Complex Function The...
Bottazzini, Umberto; Gray, Jeremy
paperback. This book details the history of complex function theory. It examines the rise of elliptic function theory, differential equations in the complex domain, geometric function theory, and the early years of complex function theory in several variables. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 865 pages, 36 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBH; PBKD; PBKF; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 865
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493946112
- ISBN
- 9781493946112
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Condition: New
€ 276.32
€ 276.32
paperback. Published with the Cooperation of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Editor(s): Brown, Lawrence D.; Olkin, Ingram; Sacks, Jerome; Wynn, Henry P. Series: Springer Collected Works in Mathematics. Num Pages: 56 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; PBW; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 4. Weight in Grams: 118.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1986
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493965922
- ISBN
- 9781493965922
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Condition: New
€ 80.40
€ 80.40
Hardcover. Consists of 104 biographical articles on eminent contributors to statistical and probabilistic ideas born prior to the 20th Century. This title covers statisticians such as Fermat, Pascal, Huygens, Neumann, Bernoulli, Bayes, Laplace, Legendre, Gauss, Poisson, Pareto, Markov, Bachelier, Borel, and many more. Editor(s): Heyde, C. C.; Seneta, Eugene. Num Pages: 500 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BG; PBT; PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 922.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780387953298
- ISBN
- 9780387953298
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Condition: New
€ 132.31
€ 132.31
Hardback. The major mathematical treatise by the towering Greek mathematician Pappus of Alexandria, the Collection, consists of eight volumes. This volume, the fourth, covers Hellenistic geometry from the point of view of mathematical methods and strategies. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 328 pages, 101 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 670.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849960045
- ISBN
- 9781849960045
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Condition: New
€ 129.16
€ 129.16
Hardback. Placed in its contemporary context, this title is also related to the interests of practising mathematicians today. It is suitable for mathematical historians, researchers, and numerical analysts. Translator(s): Tweddle, Ian. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBK; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 609.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852337230
- ISBN
- 9781852337230
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Condition: New
€ 128.07
€ 128.07
Hardback. Die Biographie schildert das wechselvolle Leben des ungarischen Mathematikers Janos Bolyai (1802 1860), der nachwies, dass die euklidische Geometrie keine Denknotwendigkeit ist. Damit legte er einen Grundstein fur die Entwicklung der Physik im 20.Jahrhundert." Translator(s): Stern, Manfred. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034600453
- ISBN
- 9783034600453
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Condition: New
€ 102.35
€ 102.35
Hardback. Comprising unpublished material including photographs and letters that were believed lost forever, this book gives deep insights into the great scholar's struggle for self-discovery, and allows the relationship to his very different brother to emerge vividly. Editor(s): Petsche, Hans-Joachim; Kannenberg, Lloyd C.; Kessler, Gottfried; Liskowacka, Jolanta. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 173 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 267
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034601542
- ISBN
- 9783034601542
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Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Hardback. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hermann Grassmann (1809-1877), an interdisciplinary conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, and in Grassmann's hometown Szczecin, Poland. This title contains 37 papers presented at the conference. Editor(s): Petsche, Hans-Joachim; Lewis, Albert C.; Liesen, Jorg; Russ, Steve. Num Pages: 600 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1251.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034604048
- ISBN
- 9783034604048
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Condition: New
€ 128.21
€ 128.21
Hardback. This text is based on lectures Couturat gave at the University Caen. It is an outstanding document of the popularization and propagation of symbolic logic around 1900, and it is the only manuscript mentioned in his correspondence that has been rediscovered. Editor(s): Schlaudt, Oliver; Sakhri, Mohsen. Series: Publications des Archives Henri Poincare / Publications of the Henri Poincare Archives / Science Autour de / Around 1900. Num Pages: 317 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034604109
- ISBN
- 9783034604109
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Condition: New
€ 134.34
€ 134.34
Hardback. This text contains the following four mathematical treatises of the 15th century polymath, Leon Alberti: Ludi matematici, De Componendis Cifris, Elementi di pittura and De lunularum quadratura. Each treatise, presented in modern English, includes commentary. Editor(s): Williams, Kim; March, Lionel; Wassell, Stephen R. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034604734
- ISBN
- 9783034604734
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Condition: New
€ 64.95
€ 64.95
Hardback. This collection of essays focuses on the reception of Leibniz's thinking in the sciences and the philosophy of science in the 19th and 20th centuries. Authors studied include C.F. Gauss, Georg Cantor, Kurd Lasswitz, Bertrand Russell, Ernst Cassirer, Louis Couturat, among others. Editor(s): Kromer, Ralph; Chin-Drian, Yannick. Series: Publications des Archives Henri Poincare / Publications of the Henri Poincare Archives / Science Autour de / Around 1900. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPCD; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034605038
- ISBN
- 9783034605038
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Condition: New
€ 65.22
€ 65.22
Hardcover. This book offers a comprehensive study of Diophantos' Arithmetika, a unique book within the known Greek mathematical corpus whose author, Diophantos, is an enigmatic figure. It details the structure, contents and mathematics of the Arithmetika. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 537.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034606424
- ISBN
- 9783034606424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Hardback. Translator(s): Stern, Manfred. Series: Vita Mathematica. Num Pages: colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Birkhauser United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034800808
- ISBN
- 9783034800808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.09
€ 102.09
Hardback. This 'excursion' through the evolution of research mathematics takes in some 40 papers, published up to the 1970s, on proofs of the Cantor-Bernstein theorem. It provides a detailed example of proof-processing in the derivation of Bernstein's division theorem. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 452 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, 3 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBCH; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034802239
- ISBN
- 9783034802239
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.77
€ 124.77
Hardback. Examines the scientific personalities of Luigi Cremona, Eugenio Beltrami, Salvatore Pincherle, Federigo Enriques, Beppo Levi, Giuseppe Vitali, Beniamino Segre and of several other mathematicians who worked in Bologna in the century 1861-1960. Editor(s): Coen, Salvatore. Num Pages: 554 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Basel Switzerland
- Edition
- 2012
- Number of pages
- 554
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034802260
- ISBN
- 9783034802260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.94
€ 125.94