History of mathematics books

3946 books were found.

The Man Who Saved Geometry: The Multidimensional Mind of Donald Coxeter

The Man Who Saved Geometry: The Multidimensional Mind...

Author: Siobhan Roberts
ISBN: 9780691264745
Format: Paperback
$54.99

An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth century Driven by a profound love of...  Read More >>

Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway

Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway...

Author: Siobhan Roberts
ISBN: 9780691266404
Format: Paperback
$54.99

"""A delightful meta-biography--playful indeed--of a brilliant iconoclast."" --James Gleick, author of The Information"...  Read More >>

Under the Spell of Mathematics: The cultural phenomenon of mathematics in civilisation, art and nature.

Under the Spell of Mathematics: The cultural phenomenon...

Author: Rik Verhulst ,  Dirk Van Hemeldonck
ISBN: 9783031638701
Format: Paperback
$131.97

This book, which is aimed at general readers interested in maths as well as professional mathematicians, addresses...  Read More >>

Pure Math: Discovering the Beauty of Abstract Mathematics

Pure Math: Discovering the Beauty of Abstract Mathematics...

Author: Lexa N Palmer
ISBN: 9798227432292
Format: Paperback
$33.00

Pure Math: Discovering the Beauty of Abstract Mathematics offers a unique approach to exploring the captivating...  Read More >>

The Book of Numbers: From Zero to Infinity, An Entertaining List of Every Number That Counts

The Book of Numbers: From Zero to Infinity, An Entertaining...

Author: Tim Glynne-Jones
ISBN: 9781398892880
Format: Hardback
$33.61

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Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals, from Leonardo da Vinci to Now

Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals,...

Author: Stéphane Douady ,  Jacques Dumais
ISBN: 9780691158655
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A breathtakingly illustrated look at botanical spirals and the scientists who puzzled over them. Charles Darwin...  Read More >>

Alcuin's Recreational Mathematics: River Crossings and other Timeless Puzzles

Alcuin's Recreational Mathematics: River Crossings and...

Author: Prof Marcel Danesi (Professor Emeritus Anthropology, Professor Emeritus Anthropology, University of Toronto)
ISBN: 9780198925309
Format: Hardback
$57.95

Alcuin's Recreational Mathematics demonstrates the notions of basic mathematics using the 53 problems found in the...  Read More >>

Ponderables  Mathematics: An Illustrated History of Numbers

Ponderables Mathematics: An Illustrated History of...

Author: Tom Jackson
ISBN: 9781627951968
Format: Hardback
$44.99

Here is the updated essential guide to mathematics, an authoritative reference book and timeline that explores the...  Read More >>

Beautiful Math: The Surprisingly Simple Ideas behind the Digital Revolution in How We Live, Work, and Communicate

Beautiful Math: The Surprisingly Simple Ideas behind...

Author: Chris Bernhardt
ISBN: 9780262549776
Format: Hardback
$55.00

From the bestselling author of Quantum Computing for Everyone, a concise, accessible, and elegant approach to mathematics...  Read More >>

Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Ancient Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean

Sourcebook in the Mathematics of Ancient Greece and...

Author: Victor J. Katz ,  Clemency Montelle
ISBN: 9780691202815
Format: Hardback
$270.00

An invaluable reference book on the mathematics of Greek antiquity. Euclid, Archimedes, and Apollonius are familiar...  Read More >>

Un piccolo esempio . La psicagogia matematica di Platone

Un piccolo esempio . La psicagogia matematica di Platone...

Author: Laura Marongiu
ISBN: 9789004701489
Format: Hardback
$311.52

This volume provides a systematic analysis of the role of mathematical examples in Plato’s dialogues. Through a...  Read More >>

J.D. Ponce sur Isaac Newton: Une Analyse Académique des Principia

J.D. Ponce sur Isaac Newton: Une Analyse Académique...

Author: J D Ponce
ISBN: 9798227561480
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Cet essai passionnant se concentre sur l'explication et l'analyse des Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica,...  Read More >>

J.D. Ponce über Isaac Newton: Eine Akademische Analyse der Principia

J.D. Ponce über Isaac Newton: Eine Akademische Analyse...

Author: J D Ponce
ISBN: 9798227616777
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Dieser spannende Aufsatz konzentriert sich auf die Erklärung und Analyse von Isaac Newtons ""Philosophiæ naturalis...  Read More >>

J.D. Ponce sobre Isaac Newton: Uma Análise Acadêmica dos Principia

J.D. Ponce sobre Isaac Newton: Uma Análise Acadêmica...

Author: J D Ponce
ISBN: 9798227952424
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Este emocionante ensaio centra-se na explicação e análise de Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica, de Isaac...  Read More >>

J.D. Ponce sobre Isaac Newton: Un Análisis Académico de Principia

J.D. Ponce sobre Isaac Newton: Un Análisis Académico...

Author: J D Ponce
ISBN: 9798227589385
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Este apasionante ensayo se centra en la explicación y análisis de Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica, de...  Read More >>

Leibniz in His World: The Making of a Savant

Leibniz in His World: The Making of a Savant

Author: Audrey Borowski ,  Audrey Borowski
ISBN: 9780691260747
Format: Hardback
$62.99

A sweeping intellectual biography that restores the Enlightenment polymath to the intellectual, scientific, and...  Read More >>

J.D. Ponce on Isaac Newton: An Academic Analysis of Principia

J.D. Ponce on Isaac Newton: An Academic Analysis of...

Author: J D Ponce
ISBN: 9798227930361
Format: Paperback
$44.85

This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ naturalis principia mathematica,...  Read More >>

Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics: Difference and Necessity

Deleuze, Mathematics, Metaphysics: Difference and Necessity...

Author: Michael J. Ardoline
ISBN: 9781399536332
Format: Hardback
$232.88

Provides new solutions to the central problems of the philosophy of mathematics by reconstructing Deleuze's metaphysics...  Read More >>

A History of Kinematics from Zeno to Einstein: On the Role of Motion in the Development of Mathematics

A History of Kinematics from Zeno to Einstein: On the...

Author: Teun Koetsier
ISBN: 9783031398742
Format: Paperback
$422.37

This book covers the history of kinematics from the Greeks to the 20th century.  Read More >>

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges...

Author: Matt Strassler ,  Christopher Grove
ISBN: 9798874880903
Format: Audio
$131.97

"A theoretical physicist takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey-found in ""no other book"" (Science)-to discover...  Read More >>

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges from the Cosmic Ocean

Waves in an Impossible Sea: How Everyday Life Emerges...

Author: Matt Strassler ,  Christopher Grove
ISBN: 9798874880897
Format: Audio
$121.31

"A theoretical physicist takes readers on an awe-inspiring journey-found in ""no other book"" (Science)-to discover...  Read More >>

Diesseits und jenseits: Mathematik und Phänomenologie der Grenze

Diesseits und jenseits: Mathematik und Phänomenologie...

Author: Mario H. Kraus
ISBN: 9783662691908
Format: Paperback
$73.89

Dieses Buch behandelt Grenzen als allgegenwärtige Erscheinungen verschiedener Lebenswelten. Er entwirft einen fachübergreifenden...  Read More >>

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