History of mathematics books

4251 books were found.

Most Honourable Remembrance: The Life and Work of Thomas Bayes

Most Honourable Remembrance: The Life and Work of Thomas...

Author: Andrew I. Dale
ISBN: 9780387004990
Format: Hardback
$393.36

I ?nd it impossible to write a preface to this work, without discovering a little of the enthusiasm which I have...  Read More >>

James Stirling’s Methodus Differentialis: An Annotated Translation of Stirling’s Text

James Stirling’s Methodus Differentialis: An Annotated...

Author: Ian Tweddle ,  Ian Tweddle
ISBN: 9781852337230
Format: Hardback
$419.76

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Newton's Principia, the Central Argument: Translation, Notes, Expanded Proofs

Newton's Principia, the Central Argument: Translation,...

Author: Dana Densmore ,  William H. Donahue
ISBN: 9781888009231
Format: Paperback
$84.35

Presents Newton's ""Principia"" not only to modern scholars of history of science, but also to nonspecialist undergraduate...  Read More >>

The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most Astonishing Number

The Golden Ratio: The Story of PHI, the World's Most...

Author: Mario Livio
ISBN: 9780767908160
Format: Paperback
$52.80

"The first book for the layperson on a mathematical relationship that has obsessed mathematicians, philosophers,...  Read More >>

The History of Mathematical Tables: From Sumer to Spreadsheets

The History of Mathematical Tables: From Sumer to Spreadsheets...

Author: Martin Campbell-Kelly ,  Mary Croarken
ISBN: 9786611924997
Format: Electronic book text
$1063.81

The oldest known mathematical table was found in the ancient Sumerian city of Shuruppag in southern Iraq. Since...  Read More >>

The Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703): Volume 1 (1641 - 1659)

The Correspondence of John Wallis (1616-1703): Volume...

Author: Philip Beeley (, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster) ,  Christoph J. Scriba (, Professor Emeritus, Universität Hamburg, Germany)
ISBN: 9780198510666
Format: Hardback
$719.95

This is the first of a six volume edition of the correspondence of John Wallis, who was a central figure in the...  Read More >>

Mathematicians under the Nazis

Mathematicians under the Nazis

Author: Sanford L. Segal
ISBN: 9780691004518
Format: Hardback
$237.60

Contrary to popular belief - and despite the expulsion, emigration, or death of many German mathematicians - substantial...  Read More >>

The Commentary of Albertus Magnus on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry

The Commentary of Albertus Magnus on Book I of Euclid's...

Author: Anthony Lo Bello
ISBN: 9780391041912
Format: Hardback
$419.76

This book provides an annotated English translation of the Commentary of Albertus Magnus on Book I of Euclid's Elements...  Read More >>

Gerard of Cremona’s Translation of the Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid’s Elements of Geometry: With an Introductory Account of the Twenty-Two Early Extant Arabic Manuscripts of the Elements

Gerard of Cremona’s Translation of the Commentary of...

Author: Anthony Lo Bello
ISBN: 9780391041936
Format: Hardback
$419.76

This book provides an annotated English translation of Gerard of Cremona’s Latin version of Book I of al-Nayrizi's...  Read More >>

The Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements of Geometry: with an Introduction on the Transmission of Euclid's Elements in the Middle Ages

The Commentary of al-Nayrizi on Book I of Euclid's Elements...

Author: Anthony Lo Bello
ISBN: 9780391041929
Format: Hardback
$419.76

This book provides an introduction to the transmission of Euclid’s Elements of Geometry from the Middle East to...  Read More >>

Essays on Early Medieval Mathematics: The Latin Tradition

Essays on Early Medieval Mathematics: The Latin Tradition...

Author: Menso Folkerts
ISBN: 9780860788959
Format: Hardback
$305.00

This work deals with the mathematics of the medieval West between around 500 and 1100, the period before the translations...  Read More >>

The Mathematical Traveler: Exploring The Grand History Of Numbers

The Mathematical Traveler: Exploring The Grand History...

Author: Calvin Clawson
ISBN: 9780738208350
Format: Paperback
$31.99

A fascinating look at how mathematics has influenced human civilization and evolution throughout history.  Read More >>

Newton's Principia for the Common Reader

Newton's Principia for the Common Reader

Author: S. Chandrasekhar (, University of Chicago)
ISBN: 9780198526759
Format: Paperback
$311.95

Professor Chandrasekhar's work is an attempt by a distinguished practising scientist to read and comprehend the...  Read More >>

Newton on Mathematics and Spiritual Purity

Newton on Mathematics and Spiritual Purity

Author: A. Leshem
ISBN: 9781402011511
Format: Hardback
$290.40

I have been writing and revising this book for the past seven years, changing and transforming it many times, always...  Read More >>

Die Mathematik Und das Gottliche

Die Mathematik Und das Gottliche

Author: Clifford Pickover
ISBN: 9783827414304
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace

Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel...

Author: Leonard Mlodinow
ISBN: 9780141009094
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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John Napier: Logarithm John

John Napier: Logarithm John

Author: Lynne Gladstone-Millar
ISBN: 9781901663709
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Inventor of logarithms, John Napier made one of the greatest advances in the history of mathematics. The 16th century...  Read More >>

Memoirs Of A Proof Theorist: Godel & Other Logicians

Memoirs Of A Proof Theorist: Godel & Other Logicians...

Author: Nicholas Passell (Uwec, Usa) ,  Mariko Yasugi (Kyoto Sangyo Univ, Japan)
ISBN: 9789812382795
Format: Hardback
$126.72

This volume is a translation of the book ""Godel"", written in Japanese by Gaisi Takeuti, a distinguished proof...  Read More >>

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