History of mathematics books

Beginning with the Babylonian and Egyptian mathematicians of antiquity, Ivor Grattan-Guinness ""succeeds masterfully...  Read More >>

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(Anonym, circa 1996-97) The first idea to write a book on M athematical Economics, more or less ordered in a historical...  Read More >>

The influence of Ramanujan on number theory is without parallel in mathematics. Here, his 37 published papers, most...  Read More >>

"John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of thirty, dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series...  Read More >>

This is the powerful and dramatic biography of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia...  Read More >>

This is the powerful and dramatic biography of a mathematical genius whose career was cut short by schizophrenia...  Read More >>

For 800 years, mathematics has been researched and studied at Oxford, and the subject and its teaching have undergone...  Read More >>

This text confronts the issue of how young people can find a way into the world of algebra. The contributions represent...  Read More >>

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Blay traces the origins of the mathematical tools developed by natural philosophers to be used to explain and predict...  Read More >>

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This collection of essays examines the history of some of the concepts involved in bringing statistical argument...  Read More >>

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A global survey of the history of mathematics, suitable for people with no background in mathematics, as well as...  Read More >>

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Under-achievement in maths is a growing concern for many teachers. This book shows how a developmental approach...  Read More >>

A mathematical source in China, and comparable in significance to Euclid's ""Elements"" in the West. This volume...  Read More >>

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In the tradition of ""Longitude, "" a small and engagingly written book on the history and meaning of zero--a ""tour...  Read More >>

This look at the tools and history of real analysis by author Saul Stahl combines historical coverage with a helpful...  Read More >>

With incisive historical insight and a refreshing sense of humor, Blatner explores the many facets of Pi and humankind's...  Read More >>

""Geschichte der Analysis"" ist von einem internationalen Expertenteam geschrieben und stellt die gegenwärtig umfassendste...  Read More >>

This history of mathematics stresses the historical imperative as to why maths happened from its beginnings to 1800...  Read More >>

Der osterreichische Mathematiker Kurt Godel (1906 1978) ist einer der herausragendsten Logiker des 20. Jahrhunderts....  Read More >>