History of mathematics books

Excerpt from A Brief History of Mathematics: An Authorized Translation of Dr. Karl Fink's Geschichte Der Elementar-Mathematik...  Read More >>

This unique volume presents an ecocultural and embodied perspective on understanding numbers and their history in...  Read More >>

This collection of refereed papers celebrates the contributions, achievements, and progress of female mathematicians,...  Read More >>

"The first book in a new series One of the hardest questions that mathematics teachers have to answer is ""Why?""...  Read More >>

A Logical Introduction to Probability and Induction is a textbook on the mathematics of the probability calculus...  Read More >>

This book provides a critical edition, translation, and study of the version of Euclid’s treatise made by Thābit...  Read More >>

This book offers insights into the history of mathematics education, covering both the current state of the art...  Read More >>

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In this well-illustrated book the authors, Sinan Kanbir, Ken Clements, and Nerida Ellerton, tackle a persistent,...  Read More >>

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This book explores the unique relationship between two different approaches to understand the nature of knowledge,...  Read More >>

This book looks at classic puzzles from the perspective of their structures and what they tell us about the brain....  Read More >>

​This book is a collection of papers presented at the “Archimedes in the 21st Century” world conference, held at...  Read More >>

This textbook provides an accessible account of the history of abstract algebra, tracing a range of topics in modern...  Read More >>

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Making Mathematical Culture analyses the rise of the printed book and how it contributed to the growing profile...  Read More >>

In recent years, research on the history of early modern cartography has undergone remarkable developments. At the...  Read More >>

This is the second and final volume of Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz's scientific correspondence with Dutch...  Read More >>

Chapters “Turing and Free Will: A New Take on an Old Debate” and “Turing and the History of Computer Music” are...  Read More >>

The theories of V. V. Wagner (1908-1981) on abstractions of systems of binary relations are presented here within...  Read More >>

Excerpt from On the Direct Numerical Calculation of Elliptic Functions and Integrals A (p. Was first remarked by...  Read More >>

Excerpt from Lecons sur les Series Trigonometriques Professees au College de France Chapitre 1. Determination des...  Read More >>

This book casts new light on the process that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries led to a profound transformation...  Read More >>

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Islamic Geometric Patterns presents an in-depth examination of the polygonal technique, the primary method used...  Read More >>