History of mathematics books

4663 books were found.

Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be Without Them)

Starborn: How the Stars Made Us (and Who We Would Be...

Author: Roberto Trotta
ISBN: 9781541674776
Format: Hardback
$79.20

"An astronomer ""who writes like a poet"" (Wall Street Journal) gives a sweeping, ""beautifully written"" (Nature)...  Read More >>

Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe, Catan to Chutes and Ladders, a Mathematician Unlocks the Secrets of the World's Greatest Games

Around the World in Eighty Games: From Tarot to Tic-Tac-Toe,...

Author: Marcus Du Sautoy
ISBN: 9781541601284
Format: Hardback
$85.80

"A ""fun"" and ""unexpected"" (The Economist) global tour of the world's greatest games and the mathematics that...  Read More >>

Newton's Notebook: The Life, Times and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton

Newton's Notebook: The Life, Times and Discoveries of...

Author: Joel Levy
ISBN: 9781803994819
Format: Paperback
$32.99

Newton's Notebook is a biography of the great man, but a biography with a difference  Read More >>

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator

Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket...

Author: Keith Houston
ISBN: 9780393882148
Format: Hardback
$53.95

The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic...  Read More >>

Richard Dedekind: Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen? Stetigkeit und Irrationale Zahlen

Richard Dedekind: Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen?...

Author: Stefan Müller-Stach
ISBN: 9783662681411
Format: Paperback
$131.97

Die beiden Bücher „Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen?“ (1888) und „Stetigkeit und Irrationale Zahlen“ (1872) sind...  Read More >>

Essays in Constructive Mathematics

Essays in Constructive Mathematics

Author: Harold M. Edwards ,  David A. Cox
ISBN: 9783030985608
Format: Paperback
$290.37

Contents and treatment are fresh and very different from the standard treatments Presents a fully constructive...  Read More >>

A History of Kinematics from Zeno to Einstein: On the Role of Motion in the Development of Mathematics

A History of Kinematics from Zeno to Einstein: On the...

Author: Teun Koetsier
ISBN: 9783031398711
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book covers the history of kinematics from the Greeks to the 20th century.  Read More >>

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Author: Bertrand Russell
ISBN: 9789357549523
Format: Hardback
$36.93

First published in 1919, Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy shows Russell drawing on his formidable knowledge...  Read More >>

Les Mathematiques de l'Egypte Ancienne: Numeration, Metrologie, Arithmetique, Geometrie Et Autres Problemes

Les Mathematiques de l'Egypte Ancienne: Numeration,...

Author: Marianne Michel
ISBN: 9782874571213
Format: Paperback
$314.16

"What do the scribes' texts teach us about mathematics? What are the particularities of ""their"" mathematics? The...  Read More >>

Axiomatic Thinking II

Axiomatic Thinking II

Author: Fernando Ferreira ,  Reinhard Kahle
ISBN: 9783030778019
Format: Paperback
$232.85

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Eine Entdeckungsreise in die Welt des Unendlichen: Die Grundlagen der Mathematik von der Antike bis in die Neuzeit

Eine Entdeckungsreise in die Welt des Unendlichen: Die...

Author: Lorenz Halbeisen ,  Regula Krapf
ISBN: 9783662680933
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Das Buch nimmt die Leserschaft mit auf eine Entdeckungsreise in die Welt des Unendlichen. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie...  Read More >>

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Author: Bertrand Russell
ISBN: 9789357549325
Format: Paperback
$18.45

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Kurt Gödel: The Genius of Metamathematics

Kurt Gödel: The Genius of Metamathematics

Author: William D. Brewer
ISBN: 9783031113116
Format: Paperback
$116.41

This book includes more details about the context of Gödel’s life than are found in earlier biographies, while avoiding...  Read More >>

The Probability Integral: Its Origin, Its Importance, and Its Calculation

The Probability Integral: Its Origin, Its Importance,...

Author: Paul J. Nahin
ISBN: 9783031384158
Format: Hardback
$142.29

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Fraenkel: Mengen bilden

Fraenkel: Mengen bilden

Author: Matthias Wille
ISBN: 9783662661666
Format: Hardback
$184.77

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A.P. Morse’s Set Theory and Analysis

A.P. Morse’s Set Theory and Analysis

Author: Robert A. Alps
ISBN: 9783031053573
Format: Paperback
$229.00

Because Morse provided very little in the way of explanation in his written works, the editor’s commentary serves...  Read More >>

Mathematik als Wissenschaft in der Gesellschaft: Historische Äußerungen und aktuelle Anregungen

Mathematik als Wissenschaft in der Gesellschaft: Historische...

Author: Gunther Schmidt
ISBN: 9783662678978
Format: Hardback
$171.57

Der eine oder andere rät, die Eleganz der erzielten Resultate der Beurteilung von Schneidern und Schustern zu überantworten...  Read More >>

The Flawed Genius of William Playfair: The Story of the Father of Statistical Graphics

The Flawed Genius of William Playfair: The Story of...

Author: David R. Bellhouse
ISBN: 9781487545031
Format: Hardback
$115.00

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The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers

The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics...

Author: Kate Kitagawa ,  Timothy Revell
ISBN: 9780241544129
Format: Paperback
$36.99

"An authoritative, accessible and revisionist history of maths that reveals the vital contributions of mathematicians...  Read More >>

The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers

The Secret Lives of Numbers: A Global History of Mathematics...

Author: Kate Kitagawa ,  Timothy Revell
ISBN: 9780241544112
Format: Hardback
$59.99

"An authoritative, accessible and revisionist history of maths that reveals the vital contributions of mathematicians...  Read More >>

Classical Probability in the Enlightenment, New Edition

Classical Probability in the Enlightenment, New Edition...

Author: Lorraine Daston
ISBN: 9780691248509
Format: Paperback
$62.99

An award-winning history of the Enlightenment quest to devise a mathematical model of rationality What did it mean...  Read More >>

Mathematicians' Reflections on Teaching: A Symbiosis with Mathematics Education Theories

Mathematicians' Reflections on Teaching: A Symbiosis...

Author: Sepideh Stewart
ISBN: 9783031342943
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book opens the case on collaboration among mathematicians and mathematics educators. The authors of this book...  Read More >>

Géométries

Géométries

Author: Roshdi Rashed
ISBN: 9783110784626
Format: Hardback
$257.31

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