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Philosophy of mathematics
Hardback. Series: Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691161402
- ISBN
- 9780691161402
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Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 14 line illus. BIC Classification: PBB; PBX; PDA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
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- New
- SKU
- V9780691171715
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- 9780691171715
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€ 53.48€ 42.28
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Paperback. Our understanding of how the human brain performs mathematical calculations is far from complete, but in recent years there have been many exciting breakthroughs by scientists all over the world. Now, in The Number Sense, Stanislas Dehaene offers a fascinating look at this recent research, in an enlightening exploration of the mathematical mind. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JMC; JMR; PBB; PSAN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised, Updated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199753871
- ISBN
- 9780199753871
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€ 50.91
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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
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- New
- SKU
- V9780691167510
- ISBN
- 9780691167510
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€ 54.99€ 39.41
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€ 39.41
Paperback. Series: Compact Textbooks in Mathematics. Num Pages: 185 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; PBB; PBM; PBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
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- New
- SKU
- V9783319428628
- ISBN
- 9783319428628
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€ 59.37
€ 59.37
Hardback. Computation permeates our world, but a satisfactory philosophical theory of what it is has been lacking. Gualtiero Piccinini presents a mechanistic account of what makes a physical system a computing system. He argues that computation does not entail representation or information-processing, although information-processing entails computation. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: PBB; PBC; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199658855
- ISBN
- 9780199658855
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€ 121.20
€ 121.20
Hardcover. Praise for William Dunham s Journey Through Genius The Great Theorems of Mathematics "Dunham deftly guides the reader through the verbal and logical intricacies of major mathematical questions and proofs, conveying a splendid sense of how the greatest mathematicians from ancient to modern times presented their arguments. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations; portraits. BIC Classification: PBB; PBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471500308
- ISBN
- 9780471500308
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€ 40.99€ 28.58
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Hardback. Mathematics is as much a science of the real world as biology is. It is the science of the world's quantitative aspects (such as ratio) and structural or patterned aspects (such as symmetry). The book develops a complete philosophy of mathematics that contrasts with the usual Platonist and nominalist options. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
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- New
- SKU
- V9781137400727
- ISBN
- 9781137400727
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€ 177.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 142 x 45. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691023724
- ISBN
- 9780691023724
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€ 168.75€ 126.72
€ 168.75
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Paperback. * 'One of the finest, best-documented biographies ever published about a modern mathematician' - Martin Gardner Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, Int b&w. BIC Classification: BG; PBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group London
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349104522
- ISBN
- 9780349104522
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.24
€ 18.99
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Paperback. During the 1920s and 30s philosophers and mathematicians attempted to clarify the nature of mathematics, their legacy consists of three programs. This text aims to provide an introduction to these programs by describing and investigating their philosophical and mathematical components. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631195443
- ISBN
- 9780631195443
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
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Hardcover. Gerry Kennedy set off on a tour through Russia, China, Japan and the USA . Only dimly aware of his Victorian ancestors: George Boole, forefather of the digital revolution and James Hinton, eccentric philosopher and advocate of polygamy, he had directly followed in the footsteps of two dynasties of radical thinkers and doers. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGT; JPWQ; PBB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Attic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782051855
- ISBN
- 9781782051855
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€ 33.99€ 24.82
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Hardback. Probability theory is a key tool of the physical, mathematical, and social sciences, and is playing an increasingly important role in many areas of philosophy. This Handbook furthers the influence of philosophy on probability, and of probability on philosophy. Nearly forty articles present new insights into the intersection of these two fields. Editor(s): Hajek, Alan; Hitchcock, Christopher. Series: Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: HP; PBB; PBT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199607617
- ISBN
- 9780199607617
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€ 217.48
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Hardback. Why do ideas of how mechanisms relate to causality and probability differ so much across the sciences? Can progress in understanding the tools of causal inference in some sciences lead to progress in others? This book tackles these questions and others concerning the use of causality in the sciences. Editor(s): Illari, Phyllis McKay; Russo, Dr. Federica; Williamson, Jon. Num Pages: 952 pages, 79 line drawings plus 2 colour plates. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PDA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 952
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199574131
- ISBN
- 9780199574131
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Condition: New
€ 151.32
€ 151.32
Paperback. When a doctor tells you there's a one percent chance that an operation will result in your death, or a scientist claims that his theory is probably true, what exactly does that mean? Understanding probability is clearly very important, if we are to make good theoretical and practical choices. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; HPK; PBB; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 252.
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- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
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- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745652573
- ISBN
- 9780745652573
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€ 23.23
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Paperback. There's Something About Godel is a lucid and accessible guide to Godel's revolutionary Incompleteness Theorem , considered one of the most astounding argumentative sequences in the history of human thought. It is also an exploration of the most controversial alleged philosophical outcomes of the Theorem. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; PBB; PBCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405197670
- ISBN
- 9781405197670
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Condition: New
€ 36.12
€ 36.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781316607015
- ISBN
- 9781316607015
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€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Paperback. The Ausdehnungslehre of 1862 is Grassmann's mature presentation of his extension theory. The work captured his mathematical achievements. This book includes development of the inner product and its relation to the concept of angle, the 'theory of functions' from the point of view of extension theory, and his contribution to the Pfaff problem. Series: History of Mathematics. Num Pages: 403 pages, indexes, notes. BIC Classification: PBB; PBKS; PBV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 177 x 24. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- American Mathematical Society, London Mathematical Society
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821820315
- ISBN
- 9780821820315
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€ 157.71
€ 157.71
hardcover. Inside Mathforum.org is an ethnographic study of how digital media transform the learning contexts of both teachers and students of mathematics. Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: JHMC; JM; JNZ; PBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107138858
- ISBN
- 9781107138858
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Condition: New
€ 129.19
€ 129.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPL; PBB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349486182
- ISBN
- 9781349486182
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€ 177.43
€ 177.43