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Philosophy of mathematics
Hardback. Originally published in French as: Les origines de la gaeometrie: tiers livre des fondations / Michel Serres (Paris: Editions Julliard, 1993). Translator(s): Burks, Randolph. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: HPC; PBB; PBM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474281409
- ISBN
- 9781474281409
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Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16 halftones. 34 line illus. BIC Classification: BM; PBB; PBX; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 16.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691175836
- ISBN
- 9780691175836
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€ 26.99€ 20.52
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Paperback. The name Bourbaki is known to every mathematician. This book presents accounts of the origins of Bourbaki, their meetings, their seminars, and the members themselves. It also discusses the lasting influence that Bourbaki has had on mathematics, through both the Elements and the Seminaires. Num Pages: 168 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 234 x 10. Weight in Grams: 448.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821839676
- ISBN
- 9780821839676
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€ 46.99€ 46.75
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Paperback. Editor(s): Moore, Matthew E. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812696813
- ISBN
- 9780812696813
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€ 86.13€ 74.53
€ 86.13
€ 74.53
Paperback. This text explores the reasons why diagrams have been ignored in modern formal theories of axiomatic systems. By looking at the use of diagrams in logic and geometry it concludes that it is not technical incompatibility, but history and philosophy that restricts the use of diagrams in these fields. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 250 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB; PBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Center for the Study of Language and Inf
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575862941
- ISBN
- 9781575862941
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.26
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Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691626116
- ISBN
- 9780691626116
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€ 46.99€ 33.73
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€ 33.73
Paperback.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Phanes Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780933999510
- ISBN
- 9780933999510
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€ 35.99€ 30.65
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Paperback. The idea of chaos figures prominently in mathematics. It arose in the work of one of the greatest mathematicians of the late 19th century, Henri Poincare, on a problem in celestial mechanics: the three body problem. This title opens with a discussion of the development of the three body problem itself and Poincare's related earlier work. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: JFCX; PBB; PBWS; PDX; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821803677
- ISBN
- 9780821803677
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€ 141.60
€ 141.60
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.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821839690
- ISBN
- 9780821839690
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Condition: New
€ 141.81
€ 141.81
Hardback. Explores the central problems and the most intriguing new directions in the philosophy of mathematics. The papers are organized thematically, rather than chronologically, to give the best overview of philosophical issues connected with mathematics and the development of mathematical knowledge. Editor(s): Jacquette, Dale. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 448 pages, 27. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 37. Weight in Grams: 902.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218692
- ISBN
- 9780631218692
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Condition: New
€ 167.25
€ 167.25
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 582 pages, 98 halftones 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 876.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 582
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602912
- ISBN
- 9780691602912
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€ 119.13€ 90.64
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Hardback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691167510
- ISBN
- 9780691167510
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€ 50.04€ 39.50
€ 50.04
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Paperback. Presents a mathematically rigorous, philosophically sound foundation for a science of information. Series: Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; UYA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 444.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521070997
- ISBN
- 9780521070997
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€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Hardback. Surveys the assortment of methods put forth for fixing Frege's system, in an attempt to determine just how much of mathematics can be reconstructed in each. This work considers every proposed fix, each with its distinctive philosophical advantages and drawbacks. Series: Princeton Monographs in Philosophy. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 tables. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 457.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122311
- ISBN
- 9780691122311
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€ 109.46
€ 109.46
Paperback. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell uses conceptual puzzles and paradoxes as a window into fundamental concepts of mathematics and physics. Num Pages: 170 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: HPJ; PBB; PDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813025
- ISBN
- 9781554813025
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€ 49.99€ 35.66
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Paperback. Exploring the syntax and semantics of the language in which mathematical modelling rules are written, this text moves from the basics of modelling to the upper reaches of scientific and philosophical speculation. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: PBB; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1460.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 864
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471184379
- ISBN
- 9780471184379
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€ 265.78
€ 265.78
Paperback. Exploring the syntax and semantics of the language in which mathematical modelling rules are written, this text moves from the basics of modelling to the upper reaches of scientific and philosophical speculation. Series: Wiley Science Paperback Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 22. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471184362
- ISBN
- 9780471184362
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Condition: New
€ 166.73
€ 166.73
Paperback. Exploring the syntax and semantics of the language in which mathematical modelling rules are written, this text moves from the basics of modelling to the upper reaches of scientific and philosophical speculation. Series: Wiley Science Paperback Series. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471184355
- ISBN
- 9780471184355
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€ 168.52
€ 168.52
Paperback. The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk. Num Pages: 520 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; PBB; PBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 40. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421418803
- ISBN
- 9781421418803
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€ 46.99€ 38.68
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Paperback. Presenting an interpretation of the famous appendix to Husserl's "The Crisis of European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology", this title relates writing to such key concepts as differing, consciousness, presence, and historicity. Translator(s): Leavey, John P. Num Pages: 205 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBB; PBM; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 214
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803265806
- ISBN
- 9780803265806
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.34
€ 32.99
€ 29.34