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History of mathematics
Hardback. Num Pages: 293 pages, 59 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKQ; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 242 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319389448
- ISBN
- 9783319389448
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€ 156.05
€ 156.05
Historiography of Mathematics in the 19th and 20th Centuries
. Ed(S): Remmert, Volker R.; Schneider, Marti...
hardcover. Editor(s): Remmert, Volker R.; Schneider, Martina R.; Kragh Sorensen, Henrik. Series: Trends in the History of Science. Num Pages: 276 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- SKU
- V9783319396477
- ISBN
- 9783319396477
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€ 198.60
€ 198.60
Hardback. Editor(s): Mazliak, Laurent; Tazzioli, Rossana; Jouve, Guillaume. Series: Trends in the History of Science. Num Pages: 321 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 2 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DST; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 649.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319400808
- ISBN
- 9783319400808
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€ 189.83
€ 189.83
Hardback. Editor(s): Zack, Maria; Landry, Elaine. Series: Proceedings of the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics/La Societe Canadienne D'histoire et de Philosophie des Mathematiques. Num Pages: 248 pages, 69 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 561.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319432694
- ISBN
- 9783319432694
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€ 153.31
€ 153.31
Hardcover. Theory of Transformation Groups I Editor(s): Merker, Joel. Translator(s): Merker, Joel. Num Pages: 658 pages. BIC Classification: PBG; PBM; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1148.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662462102
- ISBN
- 9783662462102
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€ 160.58
€ 160.58
Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PBKA; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 30. Weight in Grams: 685.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Spektrum Akademischer Verlag United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783827403926
- ISBN
- 9783827403926
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Condition: New
€ 56.30
€ 56.30
Paperback. Translator(s): McCoart, Richard. Num Pages: 426 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBC; PBV; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468489736
- ISBN
- 9781468489736
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€ 66.58
€ 66.58
hardcover. Using an array of published and private sources, Cohen shows how philosophers and mathematicians seized upon the beautiful simplicity inherent in mathematical laws to reconnect with the divine and traces the route by which the divinely inspired mathematics of the Victorian era begot later secular philosophies. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; HRCX6; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801885532
- ISBN
- 9780801885532
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€ 65.37
€ 65.37
Paperback. "Any reader who aspires to be scientifically literate will find this a good starting place."-Publishers Weekly Num Pages: 315 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393337938
- ISBN
- 9780393337938
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.21
€ 18.99
€ 17.21
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653105
- ISBN
- 9780691653105
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€ 132.83
€ 132.83
Paperback. Mathematics can be a passionate subject, and this text introduces the human sides and foibles of mathematics and mathematicians. Each scandal is introduced by a vignette which, although fictional, follows factual historical accounts. Num Pages: 151 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 256.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wide World Publishing,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781884550102
- ISBN
- 9781884550102
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€ 12.54
€ 12.54
Hardback. Presents Newton's "Principia" not only to modern scholars of history of science, but also to nonspecialist undergraduate students of humanities. This title moves from Newton's definitions and axioms through the essential propositions, as Newton himself identified them, to the establishment of universal gravitation and elliptical orbits. Translator(s): Donahue, William H. Num Pages: 589 pages. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 188 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1184.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Green Lion Press United States
- Edition
- 3
- Number of pages
- 589
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781888009248
- ISBN
- 9781888009248
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€ 51.99€ 45.12
€ 51.99
€ 45.12
Paperback. This reference on Irish mathematicians includes biographies on: Thomas Harriot (1560-1621); William Rowan Hamilton (1805-1865); Robert Murphy (1806-1843); George Boole (1815-1864); George Gabriel Stokes (1819-1903); George Salmon (1819-1904); and John Casey (1820-1891). Editor(s): Houston, Ken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12pp plates. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BG; HBT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 232 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University College Dublin Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900621496
- ISBN
- 9781900621496
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€ 23.99€ 20.56
€ 23.99
€ 20.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, b/w photos & illus. BIC Classification: PBX; YFB. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 224 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- A Cappella Books United States
- Edition
- 3rd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556523502
- ISBN
- 9781556523502
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€ 20.99€ 20.51
€ 20.99
€ 20.51
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.
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- 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
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€ 52.99€ 43.75
€ 52.99
€ 43.75
Hardback. An understanding of developments in Arabic mathematics between the IXth and XVth century is vital to a full appreciation of the history of classical mathematics. This book highlights one of the major developments in Arabic mathematical thinking, provoked by the double fecondation between arithmetic and the algebra of al-Khwarizmi. Translator(s): Armstrong, Angela. Series: Boston Studies in the Philosophy and History of Science. Num Pages: 392 pages, 22 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792325659
- ISBN
- 9780792325659
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Condition: New
€ 248.07
€ 248.07
Hardback. Pays homage to Freudenthal and his work on mathematics, its history and education. This book portrays Freudenthal as a universal human being. It reviews his final book "Revisiting Mathematics Education" (1991). It also describes Freudenthal's "Working on Mathematics Education" both from an historical as well as a theoretical perspective. Editor(s): Streefland, Leen. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JNU; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- Reprinted from EDUCATIONAL STUDIES IN MATHEMATICS
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792326533
- ISBN
- 9780792326533
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Condition: New
€ 126.46
€ 126.46
Reminiscences of the Vienna Circle and the Mathematical Colloquium
Menger, Karl. Ed(S): Golland, Louise (Univers...
Hardback. Karl Menger (1902-1985), a pure mathematician, also took an active interest in both philosophy and economics. In this memoir, he relates how these subjects developed against the Viennese background, and describes his membership of the Vienna Circle and of the Mathematical Colloquium. Editor(s): Golland, Louise (University of Chicago, Illinois, USA); McGuinness, Brian. Series: Vienna Circle Collection. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFA; HBTB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792327110
- ISBN
- 9780792327110
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Condition: New
€ 128.47
€ 128.47
Hardback. Includes the foundational ideas of working mathematicians, such as Kronecker, Dedekind, Borel and the early Hilbert, and the development of notions like model and modelling, arbitrary function, completeness, and non-Archimedean structures. This title also covers Husserl, Wittgenstein and Ramsey. Editor(s): Hintikka, Jaakko. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 460 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792334842
- ISBN
- 9780792334842
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Condition: New
€ 249.88
€ 249.88
Hardback. Consists of essays about the mathematical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside the US and Europe. This book includes essays on rationality, logic and mathematics, and the transfer of knowledge from East to West. It addresses the relation between science and culture and relates the mathematical practices to the cultures which produced them. Editor(s): Selin, Helaine. Series: Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science. Num Pages: 499 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBX; TGP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 879.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 499
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792364818
- ISBN
- 9780792364818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 495.51
€ 495.51