History of mathematics books

This volume presents multiple perspectives on the uses of the history of mathematics for teaching and learning,...  Read More >>

Shortlisted for the 2024 British Academy Book Prize A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices...  Read More >>

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A gripping exploration of how cartography shapes our world and the impact of maps on our everyday lives.  Read More >>

This book, edited by Kim Williams and Cosimo Monteleone, follows the publication of two other books dedicated to...  Read More >>

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"A new history of mathematics focusing on the marginalized voices who propelled the discipline, spanning six continents...  Read More >>

A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just...  Read More >>

From the codebreakers and problem solvers, to the engineers, mathematicians and other problem-solvers – what the...  Read More >>

From the codebreakers and problem solvers, to the engineers, mathematicians and other problem-solvers – what the...  Read More >>

This standard work on the philosophical background of mathematical thinking, teaching, and learning offers a comprehensive...  Read More >>

C.S. Peirce's mathematics, elaborated between 1870 and 1910, have acquired an enormous impact a century later. His...  Read More >>

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John Corcoran was a very well-known logician who worked on several areas of logic. By encompassing a diverse range...  Read More >>

This volume contains eighteen papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy...  Read More >>

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A fascinating look into how the transformative joys of mathematical experience are available to everyone, not just...  Read More >>

An incredible season for algebraic geometry flourished in Italy between 1860, when Luigi Cremona was assigned the...  Read More >>

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This publication includes an unabridged and annotated translation of two works by Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728–1777)...  Read More >>

Zu seinen Lebzeiten war Kurt Gödel außerhalb der Fachwelt der Mathematiker, Philosophen und theoretischen Physiker...  Read More >>

A celebration of the seemingly simple idea that allowed us to imagine the world in new dimensions - sparking both...  Read More >>

The purpose of this unique handbook is to examine the transformation of the philosophy of mathematics from its origins...  Read More >>

A fascinating intellectual history that takes a comparatively little-known but important idea and shows how it affects...  Read More >>

The book presents the winners of the Abel Prize in mathematics for the period 2018–2022: - Robert P. The First...  Read More >>