History of mathematics books

In this textbook the authors present first-year geometry roughly in the order in which it was discovered. The first...  Read More >>

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It would be inappropriate to list the names of all the friends and advisors with whom I discussed my various drafts...  Read More >>

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the...  Read More >>

The books in this wonderfully diverse series cover topics such as archaeology, art, culture, history, literature,...  Read More >>

Offers a detailed study of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's creation of calculus from 1673 to the 1680s. In this book,...  Read More >>

It is the portrait of Emmy Noether ( 1882 - 1935), surrounded by the likenesses of such famous men as Joseph Liouville...  Read More >>

Recalls the last words of the great Greek mathematician Archimedes before he was slain by a Roman soldier - ""Don't...  Read More >>

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This book is a collection of essays on the reception of Leibniz’s thinking in the sciences and in the philosophy...  Read More >>

Numerous scientists have taken part in the war effort during World War I, but few gave it the passionate energy...  Read More >>

A flexagon is a motion structure that has the appearance of a ring of hinged polygons. The mathematics of flexagons...  Read More >>

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<p>The fun and easy way to understand the basic concepts and problems of pre-algebra<p>Whether you're a student...  Read More >>

Describes the developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved problems in contemporary...  Read More >>

<p>Despite what we may sometimes imagine, popular mathematics writing didn't begin with Martin Gardner. In fact,...  Read More >>

<p>From the pyramids and the Parthenon to the Sydney Opera House and the Bilbao Guggenheim, this book takes readers...  Read More >>

This reissue of D. A. Gillies highly influential work, first published in 1973, is a philosophical theory of probability...  Read More >>

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Its guiding idea is that, in contemporary philosophy of science, there are profound problems of theoretical interpretation--...  Read More >>

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Today, the quality of a work of mathematics is judged in part on the quality of its rigor, and this standard is...  Read More >>

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The discovery of a gradual acceleration in the moon’s mean motion by Edmond Halley in the last decade of the seventeenth...  Read More >>

This publication was made possible through a bequest from my beloved late wife. United together in this present...  Read More >>