History of mathematics books

This book outlines the scientific career of Arto Salomaa, a pioneer in theoretical computer science and mathematics....  Read More >>

Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics offers a detailed but accessible account of a wide range...  Read More >>

This biography explains William Morgan's role in developing the mathematics that underpin the money management of...  Read More >>

Making up Numbers: A History of Invention in Mathematics offers a detailed but accessible account of a wide range...  Read More >>

Die stark erweiterte Auflage der preisgekrönten ""Meilensteine der Rechentechnik"" umfasst auch verwandte Gebiete...  Read More >>

Das Buch stellt ausgewählte Sternstunden der Technik und der Frühzeit der Informatik vor. Die neue Auflage wird...  Read More >>

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This open access book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features...  Read More >>

Apr�s ses travaux sur la m�canique c�leste, Laplace se propose d'�crire un ouvrage qui aurait d� offrir une solution...  Read More >>

This open access book explores commentaries on an influential text of pre-Copernican astronomy in Europe. It features...  Read More >>

This book considers the manifold possible approaches, past and present, to our understanding of the natural numbers....  Read More >>

This book presents a broad selection of articles mainly published during the last two decades on a variety of topics...  Read More >>

A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in recreation, mathematics, and philosophy.  Read More >>

A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in recreation, mathematics, and philosophy.  Read More >>

A lively and engaging look at logic puzzles and their role in recreation, mathematics, and philosophy.  Read More >>

This book examines the role of medieval authors in writing the history of ancient science. (3) the imposition of...  Read More >>

The Sumerians were not the only ones to create remarkably accurate standards of measurement in the Ancient world....  Read More >>

This book focuses on the ancient Near East, early imperial China, South-East Asia, and medieval Europe, shedding...  Read More >>

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Dieses Buch nimmt Sie mit auf eine spannende Reise durch die Welt der Wissenschaft: von den Fallgesetzen des Galilei...  Read More >>

In order to understand the universe you must know the language in which it is written. And that language is mathematics...  Read More >>

This volume offers an integrated understanding of how the theory of general relativity gained momentum after Einstein...  Read More >>

This book explores the underlying limitations of the gift of reason.  Read More >>

In the first piece in this book (in French), published in 1855, Luigi Menabrea (1809-96), mathematician, soldier...  Read More >>

This book studies the Dutch mathematician Simon Stevin (1548-1620) as a new type of ‘man of knowledge’. Stevin exemplifies...  Read More >>