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History of mathematics

Hardcover. This is a compelling account of this complicated, difficult man. Series: Spectrum S. Num Pages: 382 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780883855089
ISBN
9780883855089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.76

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

€ 76.87

Hardcover. The story of how calculus came to be, accessible to anyone with a basic knowledge of geometry and algebra. Series: Spectrum. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PBK; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476. Series: Spectrum. 180 pages, illustrations. The story of how calculus came to be, accessible to anyone with a basic knowledge of geometry and algebra. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: PBK; PBX. Dimension: 257 x 180 x 15. Weight: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America
Edition
1st
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780883855751
ISBN
9780883855751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.50

Paperback. An inspiring selection of articles for school students, containing entertaining problems and playful introductions to advanced math topics. Editor(s): Brandhof, Alex van den; Guichelaar, Jan; Jaspers, Arnout. Series: Spectrum. Num Pages: 317 pages. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The Mathematical Association of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780883855874
ISBN
9780883855874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.48

Paperback. Emil Artin was one of the great mathematicians of the twentieth century. He had the rare distinction of having solved two of the famous problems posed by David Hilbert in 1900. He showed that every positive definite rational function of several variables was a sum of squares. This book gathers a selection of his writings. Editor(s): Rosen, Michael. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 346 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 643.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821841723
ISBN
9780821841723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.95

Hardback. Editor(s): Demidov, Sergei S.; Levshin, Boris V. Translator(s): Cooke, Roger. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 386 pages. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
American Mathematical Society United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9781470426088
ISBN
9781470426088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.81

Hardback. A study of the Western astronomical tradition from ancient Babylonia to the European Renaissance, with emphasis on the Greek period. The book explores the evidence for the astronomy of the ancient past and how astronomy was practised. Emphasis is placed on the material culture of ancient astronomy. Num Pages: 496 pages, numerous halftones and line figures. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX; PG; TBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195095395
ISBN
9780195095395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.93

Book. Editor(s): Walter, Scott; Nabonnand, Philippe; Mawhin, Jean; Volkert, Klaus. Num Pages: 500 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ; PBX; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764371685
ISBN
9783764371685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.97

Hardcover. Series: Science Networks. Historical Studies. Num Pages: 311 pages, 239 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBKL; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 23. Weight in Grams: 758.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319171142
ISBN
9783319171142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.66

Describes the developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary mathematics - the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer Conjecture. The Clay Mathematics Institute is offering a prize of $1 million to anyone who can discover a general solution to the problem. Num Pages: 280 pages, 52 line illus. 16 tables. BIC Classification: PBF; PBH; PBMW; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151199
ISBN
9780691151199
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. More a prehistory of invention and a biography of ideas and their originators than an exposition of technological advances, the stories explicate the evolution of ideas that eventually result in the historic naming of an inventor. Num Pages: 288 pages, numerous halftones and figures. BIC Classification: PBX; PDR; TBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195341201
ISBN
9780195341201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.20

Hardback. Presents an account of the development of laminar boundary layer theory as a historical study. This book includes a description of the application of the ideas of triple deck theory to flow past a plate, to separation from a cylinder and to flow in channels. It is intended to provide a graduate level teaching resource. Series: Oxford Texts in Applied & Engineering Mathematics. Num Pages: 346 pages, numerous line figures. BIC Classification: PBKS; PBX; PDE; PHDF; TBJ; TGMF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 639.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198506751
ISBN
9780198506751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.96

Paperback. This Handbook explores the history of mathematics, addressing what mathematics has been and what it has meant to practise it. Thirty-six self-contained chapters, each written by a specialist, provide a fascinating overview of 5000 years of mathematics and its key cultures for academics in mathematics, historians of science, and general historians. Editor(s): Robson, Eleanor; Stedall, Jacqueline A. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 928 pages, 90 line illustrations, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: HBL; PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 171 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
928
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199603190
ISBN
9780199603190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.47

Hardcover. Brings together essays by twenty experts in the history of mathematics who have investigated the genesis of the international mathematical community. This book includes developments within component national mathematical communities, such as the growth of societies and journals, and wide-ranging political, philosophical, and pedagogical issues. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 408 pages, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; PBB; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
American Mathematical Society, London Mathematical Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821821244
ISBN
9780821821244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.81

Hardcover. The life of Vito Volterra, one of the finest scientists and mathematicians Italy ever produced, spans the period from the unification of the Italian peninsula in 1860 to the onset of the Second World War - an era of unparalleled progress and unprecedented turmoil in the history of Europe. This book traces the life and times of Volterra. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 310 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 744.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821839690
ISBN
9780821839690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 255 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGT; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
American Mathematical Society United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821869147
ISBN
9780821869147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.30

Hardcover. Explore Euler's extraordinary contribution to pure mathematics and beyond, in areas such as astronomy and music. Editor(s): Bogolyubov, N. N.; Mikhailov, G.K.; Yushkevich, A. P. Translator(s): Burns, Robert. Series: Spectrum. Num Pages: 440 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 263 x 27. Weight in Grams: 934.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Mathematical Association of America United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780883855645
ISBN
9780883855645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.82

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 398 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642505
ISBN
9780691642505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 256.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316607015
ISBN
9781316607015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.55

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316633304
ISBN
9781316633304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 24.34

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