History of mathematics books

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Seven Follies of Science (1906)

Seven Follies of Science (1906)
Author: John Phin ISBN: 9780766141964 Format: Paperback	$60.59
A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them,... Read More >>

A Discourse Concerning Algebra: English Algebra to 1685


Author: Jacqueline A. Stedall (, Clifford Norton Student in the History of Science, The Queen's College, Oxford; Member of the Centre for the History of the Mathematical Sciences, Open University, Oxford) ISBN: 9780198524953 Format: Hardback	$260.95
Provides a new account of the development of algebra in England from the Medieval period to the later years of the... Read More >>

Theoretic Arithmetic of the Pythagoreans (1816)

Theoretic Arithmetic of the Pythagoreans (1816)
Author: Thomas Taylor ISBN: 9780766128323 Format: Paperback	$76.43
Containing the substance of all that has been written on this subject by Theo of Smyrna, Nicomachus, Iamblichus,... Read More >>

The Legacy of Niels Henrik Abel: The Abel Bicentennial, Oslo 2002

The Legacy of Niels Henrik Abel: The Abel Bicentennial,...
Author: Olav Arnfinn Laudal , Ragni Piene ISBN: 9783540438267 Format: Hardback	$393.36
Presents a series of research papers on subjects related to the work of Niels Henrik Abel, written by some of the... Read More >>

Selecta Mathematica II

Selecta Mathematica II
Author: Karl Menger , Bert Schweizer ISBN: 9783211838341 Format: Hardback	$184.67
Karl Menger, one of the founders of dimension theory, is among the most original mathematicians and thinkers of... Read More >>

Learning, East and West

Learning, East and West
Author: J. Fang ISBN: 9781930493926 Format: Paperback	$36.20
"The history of philosophy and mathematics is long and fascinating, growing in different ways around the globe.... Read More >>

Gian-Carlo Rota on Analysis and Probability: Selected Papers and Commentaries

Gian-Carlo Rota on Analysis and Probability: Selected...
Author: Jean Dhombres , Joseph P.S. Kung ISBN: 9780817642754 Format: Hardback	$353.76
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New Trends in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics

New Trends in the History and Philosophy of Mathematics...
Author: Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen , Stig Andur Pedersen ISBN: 9788778386069 Format: Paperback	$43.30
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Goldbach Conjecture, 2nd Edition

Goldbach Conjecture, 2nd Edition
Author: Yuan Wang (Chinese Academy Of Sciences, China) , Stanley Liu ISBN: 9789812381590 Format: Hardback	$316.80
A detailed description of an important unsolved mathematical problem raised in 1742 - the Goldbach conjecture. Several... Read More >>

Under One Sky: Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient Near East

Under One Sky: Astronomy and Mathematics in the Ancient...
Author: Annette Imhausen , John M Steele ISBN: 9783934628267 Format: Hardback	$187.44
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Early History of Mathematics: VHS

Early History of Mathematics: VHS
Author: Tom M. Apostol ISBN: 9783540926474 Format: Video	$99.13
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Math Timesavers

Math Timesavers
Author: Stevan Krajnjan ISBN: 9786611268787 Format: Electronic book text	$78.94
Math Timesavers is a 90 page, quality collection of difficult-to-find, often-used forms, masters and reproducible... Read More >>

A Smoother Pebble: Mathematical Explorations

A Smoother Pebble: Mathematical Explorations
Author: Donald C Benson ISBN: 9786610703968 Format: Electronic book text	$109.56
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Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved Problem in Mathematics

Prime Obsession: Bernhard Riemann and the Greatest Unsolved...
Author: John Derbyshire , Derbyshire John ISBN: 9781280209307 Format: Electronic book text	$73.79
In August of 1859 Bernhard Riemann, a 32-year old mathematician, posed a deceptively simple question to the Berlin... Read More >>

Lilavati of Bhaskaracarya

Lilavati of Bhaskaracarya
Author: K.S. Patwardhan , S.A. Naimpally ISBN: 9788120814202 Format: Hardback	$64.66
This text has been used as a standard textbook for about 800 years. It provides a mathematical explanation of definitions,... Read More >>

Thiele - Pioneer in Statistics

Thiele - Pioneer in Statistics
Author: Steffen L. Lauritzen (, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Aalborg University, Denmark) ISBN: 9780198509721 Format: Hardback	$346.00
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Felix Hausdorff - Gesammelte Werke Band II: Grundzüge der Mengenlehre

Felix Hausdorff - Gesammelte Werke Band II: Grundzüge...
Author: Egbert Brieskorn , Srishti Chatterji ISBN: 9783540422242 Format: Hardback	$393.36
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Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical Concepts and Methods

Statistics on the Table: The History of Statistical...
Author: Stephen M. Stigler ISBN: 9780674009790 Format: Paperback	$65.95
This collection of essays examines the history of some of the concepts involved in bringing statistical argument... Read More >>

Conics Book

Conics Book
Author: Apollonius of Perga , Michael N. Fried ISBN: 9781888009200 Format: Hardback	$58.08
A translation of Book IV of Apollonius' Conics . It shows that this book has been misappraised by scholars too... Read More >>

Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development

Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development...
Author: Joseph W. Dauben , Christoph J. Scriba ISBN: 9783764361679 Format: Paperback	$366.96
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Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development

Writing the History of Mathematics: Its Historical Development...
Author: Joseph W. Dauben , Christoph J. Scriba ISBN: 9783764361662 Format: Hardback	$403.92
As an historiographic monograph, this book offers a detailed survey of the professional evolution and significance... Read More >>

Maths and the Egyptians

Maths and the Egyptians
Author: John Davies , Bernard Connors ISBN: 9781902239958 Format: Spiral bound	$62.10
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The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning

The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical...
Author: Alain Desrosières , Camille Naish ISBN: 9780674009691 Format: Paperback	$84.95
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Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci: A Translation into Modern English of Leonardo Pisano’s Book of Calculation

Fibonacci’s Liber Abaci: A Translation into Modern English...
Author: Laurence Sigler , Laurence Sigler ISBN: 9780387954196 Format: Hardback	$261.36
Fibonacci's Liber abaci, published in 1202 introduces Arabic numerals and methods throughout Europe. It develops... Read More >>

PRISTEM/Storia 6

PRISTEM/Storia 6
Author: Pietro Nastasi ISBN: 9788847001923 Format: Paperback	$26.27
Questo volume raccoglie lo scambio epistolare tra Cantor e Dedekind, finora edito parte in tedesco e parte in francese.... Read More >>

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