History of mathematics books

In the 20th century philosophy of mathematics has to a great extent been dominated by views developed during the...  Read More >>

Bruno de Finetti (1906-1985) is known worldwide as the founder (together with F.P. Ramsey) of the modern personal...  Read More >>

Ever since Euclid's ancient geometry, we have thought of bodies occupying parts of this space (including our own...  Read More >>

This anthology reviews the programmes in the foundations of mathematics from the classical period and assesses their...  Read More >>

From a Geometrical Point of View explores historical and philosophical aspects of category theory, trying therewith...  Read More >>

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Il libro vuole saldare didattica e divulgazione su un tema di grande fascino come quello dei rapporti tra la matematica...  Read More >>

Among these, one can think of ways of naming, syntax of statements or grammatical analysis, literary techniques,...  Read More >>

As Huygens applied his mathematical proficiency to practical issues pertaining to telescopes – including trying...  Read More >>

The Scottish mathematician Colin MacLaurin (1698-1746) is best known for developing and extending Newton's work...  Read More >>

This excellent book, written by the established author David Acheson, makes mathematics accessible to everyone....  Read More >>

This study discusses the history of the central limit theorem and related probabilistic limit theorems from about...  Read More >>

In this book the exceptional role of Leonhard Euler in the history of science will be analyzed and emphasized, especially...  Read More >>

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The authors present here his contributions, his methods, the perspectives he opened to us, the way in which this...  Read More >>

Ernst Zermelo (1871-1953) is best-known for the statement of the axiom of choice and his axiomatization of set theory....  Read More >>

Sophus Lie (1842-1899) is without doubt one of Norway's greatest scientific talents. The terms Lie groups and Lie...  Read More >>

Reflects the progress made in the foundations of mathematics and logic, number theory, statistics and probability,...  Read More >>

Suitable for mathematicians, general audience, teachers, researchers, and students, this book offers a source for...  Read More >>

""Galileo Galilei - When the World Stood Still"".  Read More >>

- Following on from the 2000 edition of Jan De Witt’s Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Primus, this book provides...  Read More >>

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Die ersten zwei Kapitel schlagen den Bogen von historischen Berechnungsmethoden praktischer Problemen hin zu unendlichen...  Read More >>

As modern mathematics has been developed by mathematicians over the past several hundred years, it is interesting...  Read More >>