History of mathematics books

Seeking to dispel the notion that trigonometry is a dry and tedious subject, Eli Maor provides a study that combines...  Read More >>

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Elliptic Tales describes the latest developments in number theory by looking at one of the most exciting unsolved...  Read More >>

The fun and easy way(R) to understand the basic concepts and problems of pre-algebraWhether you're a student preparing...  Read More >>

A fascinating memoir from the man who revitalized visual geometry, and whose ideas about fractals have changed how...  Read More >>

In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between...  Read More >>

Delve into the development of modern mathematics and match wits with Euclid, Newton, Descartes, and others. Each...  Read More >>

This compact, well-written history -- first published in 1948, and now in its fourth revised edition -- describes...  Read More >>

This introduction to mathematical logic explores philosophical issues and Godel's Theorem. Its widespread influence...  Read More >>

This time-honored study by one of the 20th century's foremost scholars and interpreters of the history and meaning...  Read More >>

The great work that founded analytical geometry. Includes the original French text, Descartes' own diagrams, and...  Read More >>

The writings of Newton, Leibniz, Pascal, Riemann, Bernoulli, and others in a comprehensive selection of 125 treatises...  Read More >>

The famous articles, 1895-7, that founded a new branch of mathematics. Covers addition, multiplication and exponentiation...  Read More >>

This lively, stimulating account of non-Euclidean geometry by a noted mathematician covers matrices, determinants,...  Read More >>

Fluent description of the development of both the integral and differential calculus -- its early beginnings in...  Read More >>

This text examines the reinterpretation of calculus by Augustin-Louis Cauchy and his peers in the 19th century....  Read More >>

Examines various attempts to prove Euclid's parallel postulate -- by the Greeks, Arabs and Renaissance mathematicians....  Read More >>

A Publishers Weekly best book of 1995! Dr. Michael Guillen, known to millions as the science editor of ABC's Good...  Read More >>

In this follow-up to his popular Science Secrets, Alberto A. Martinez discusses various popular myths from the...  Read More >>

One sun, two parents, three meals a day, four seasons, five fingers ... every child soon discovers that lots of...  Read More >>

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This publication was made possible through a bequest from my beloved late wife. by the author which United together...  Read More >>

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen...  Read More >>

The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra,...  Read More >>

When, after the agreeable fatigues of solicitation, Mrs Millamant set out a long bill of conditions subject to which...  Read More >>