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Hardback. Based on lectures given at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and Johns Hopkins University, this book introduces eigenfunctions on Riemannian manifolds. It shows that there is quantum ergodicity of eigenfunctions if the geodesic flow is ergodic. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages, 1 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160757
ISBN
9780691160757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 155.96

Hardback. Computational science is an exciting new field at the intersection of the sciences, computer science, and mathematics because much scientific investigation now involves computing as well as theory and experiment. This book provides students with a versatile and accessible introduction to the subject. Num Pages: 856 pages, 3 halftones. 192 line illus. 82 tables. BIC Classification: PBW; UYA; UYM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 261 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160719
ISBN
9780691160719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 95.26

Paperback. Provides an introduction to algebraic cycles on complex algebraic varieties, to the major conjectures relating them to cohomology, and even more precisely to Hodge structures on cohomology. This title delves into arguments originating in Nori's work that have been further developed by others. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PBCH; PBG; PBPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160511
ISBN
9780691160511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.45

Hardback. Provides an introduction to algebraic cycles on complex algebraic varieties, to the major conjectures relating them to cohomology, and even more precisely to Hodge structures on cohomology. This title delves into arguments originating in Nori's work that have been further developed by others. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: PBCH; PBG; PBPD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160504
ISBN
9780691160504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 155.57

Paperback. Offers a panoramic view of mathematics in contemporary society; Terence Tao discusses aspects of universal mathematical laws in complex systems; Ian Stewart explains how in mathematics everything arises out of nothing; and Erin Maloney and Sian Beilock consider the mathematical anxiety experienced by many students and suggest effective remedies. Editor(s): Pitici, Mircea. Series: The Best Writing on Mathematics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 halftones. 26 line illus. BIC Classification: PB; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 145 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
2013 ed.
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160412
ISBN
9780691160412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Ecology is capturing the popular imagination like never before, with issues such as climate change, species extinctions, and habitat destruction becoming ever more prominent. This title provides an accessible mathematical foundation for the advances in ecology. It introduces students to the key literature in the field. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 halftone. 129 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; PSTS; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Second
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160313
ISBN
9780691160313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 92.69
€ 70.49

Paperback. Offers a selection of personal papers. This title includes rhymes, an exchange with Queen Elizabeth of Belgium about fine music, and expressions of his devotion to Zionism. Editor(s): Dukas, Helen; Hoffmann, Banesh. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BGT; BJ; PDX; PH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
With a New foreword by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160238
ISBN
9780691160238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.93

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159911
ISBN
9780691159911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.15

Hardback. Introduces a theoretical entity: Agent_Zero. This title weaves a computational tapestry with threads from Plato, Hume, Darwin, Pavlov, Smith, Tolstoy, Marx, James, and Dostoevsky, among others. Series: Princeton Studies in Complexity. Num Pages: 272 pages, 113 color illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: JHBA; JM; PBWH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158884
ISBN
9780691158884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.82

Paperback. Series: Princeton Science Library. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3 halftones. 104 line illus. BIC Classification: PBMB; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691158204
ISBN
9780691158204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.95

Hardback. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKF; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157757
ISBN
9780691157757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.92
€ 172.33

Hardback. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: PBKJ; PBWL; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691157122
ISBN
9780691157122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.92
€ 172.33

Hardback. What are the chances of a game-show contestant finding a chicken in a box? Is the Hanukkah dreidel a fair game? Will you be alive ten years from now? This book offers these probability puzzles. Num Pages: 256 pages, 28 line illus. 22 tables. BIC Classification: PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156804
ISBN
9780691156804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.00

Paperback. Includes documents that appears in the language in which it was written, and presents the English translations of select portions of non-English materials. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Rosenkranz, Ze'ev; Hentschel, Professor, Dr. Klaus; Sauer, Tilman; Illy, Jozsef. Translator(s): Hentschel, Ann M.; Moses, Osik. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 251 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156743
ISBN
9780691156743
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.68
€ 56.67

Hardback. In April 1922, we find Einstein lecturing in Paris, engaged in reestablishing ties among scientists in former enemy nations. This title recounts in poetic prose the hectic schedule on land, the contemplative rest at sea, and his musings on science, philosophy, and art during his first encounter with the Far East, Palestine, and Spain. Editor(s): Buchwald, Diana Kormos; Illy, Jozsef; Rosenkranz, Ze'ev; Sauer, Tilman. Series: The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein. Num Pages: 1080 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; PDX; PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 199 x 63. Weight in Grams: 2176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1088
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156736
ISBN
9780691156736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 256.00

Paperback. Offers surprising insights into the nature, meaning, and practice of mathematics. This book explains mathematical aspects of origami foldings; discusses the frequency and distribution of the prime numbers; ponders whether mathematics is invented or discovered; and describes what is special about a ball in five dimensions. Editor(s): Pitici, Mircea. Series: The Best Writing on Mathematics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 halftones. 15 line illus. 3 tables. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 219 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156552
ISBN
9780691156552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardback. Series: London Mathematical Society Monographs. Num Pages: 584 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: PBK; PBM; PBMW; PBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 186 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156545
ISBN
9780691156545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 154.74

Paperback. Tells the incredible story of how astronomers solved one of the most compelling mysteries in science and, along the way, introduces readers to fundamental concepts and cutting-edge advances in modern astronomy.--From publisher description. Num Pages: 384 pages, 46 halftones. 76 line illus. BIC Classification: PGK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691156286
ISBN
9780691156286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of the Gross-Zagier formula on Shimura curves over real fields relates the heights of Heegner points on abelian varieties to the derivatives of L-series. This title begins with a conceptual formulation of the Gross-Zagier formula in terms of incoherent quaternion algebras and incoherent automorphic representations. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155920
ISBN
9780691155920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 109.33
€ 82.56

Hardback. Offers a comprehensive account of the Gross-Zagier formula on Shimura curves over real fields relates the heights of Heegner points on abelian varieties to the derivatives of L-series. This title begins with a conceptual formulation of the Gross-Zagier formula in terms of incoherent quaternion algebras and incoherent automorphic representations. Series: Annals of Mathematics Studies. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: PBMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155913
ISBN
9780691155913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 154.21

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155746
ISBN
9780691155746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. We all played tag when we were kids. What most of us don't realize is that this simple chase game is in fact an application of pursuit theory. This book gives us the complete history of this area of mathematics, from its classical analytical beginnings to the present day. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones. 67 line illus. BIC Classification: PBUD; PBX; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 208 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Edition
With a New preface by the author
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155012
ISBN
9780691155012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 17.11

Paperback. What are your chances of dying on your next flight, being called for jury duty, or winning the lottery? We all encounter probability problems in our everyday lives. This title challenges us to think creatively about the laws of probability as they apply in playful, sometimes deceptive, ways to a fascinating array of speculative situations. Series: Princeton Puzzlers. Num Pages: 304 pages, 65 line illus. 42 computer sim. BIC Classification: PBT; PDZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 21. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155005
ISBN
9780691155005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.95

Hardback. Begins with a look at the ideas of Mancur Olson and George Williams, who shifted the question of why cooperation happens from an emphasis on group benefits to individual costs. This book then explores how these ideas have influenced our thinking about cooperation, coordination, and collective action. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: JHB; JHM; JPA; PSAJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154954
ISBN
9780691154954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

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