History of mathematics books

3946 books were found.

Irrationality, Transcendence and the Circle-Squaring Problem: An Annotated Translation of J. H. Lambert’s Vorläufige Kenntnisse and Mémoire

Irrationality, Transcendence and the Circle-Squaring...

Author: Eduardo Dorrego López ,  Elías Fuentes Guillén
ISBN: 9783031243653
Format: Paperback
$310.47

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

The Science Museum Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Key Concepts

The Science Museum Maths 100 Ideas in 100 Words: A Whistle-Stop...

Author: Katie Steckles ,  Sam Hartburn
ISBN: 9780241594919
Format: Hardback
$27.99

Get to grips with the essential topics in maths today through 100 key ideas, each one explained clearly in 100 words....  Read More >>

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives on Experimental Control

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives...

Author: Jutta Schickore ,  William R. Newman
ISBN: 9783031529566
Format: Paperback
$131.97

This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée....  Read More >>

The Origin and Significance of Zero: An Interdisciplinary Perspective

The Origin and Significance of Zero: An Interdisciplinary...

Author: Peter Gobets ,  Robert Lawrence Kuhn
ISBN: 9789004691551
Format: Hardback
$293.04

Interdisciplinary perspective on the origin and significance of the numeral zero. Over 40 international scholars...  Read More >>

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives on Experimental Control

Elusive Phenomena, Unwieldy Things: Historical Perspectives...

Author: Jutta Schickore ,  William R. Newman
ISBN: 9783031529535
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This open access book provides a historical treatment of scientific control in experimentation in the longue durée....  Read More >>

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Complete and Unabridged

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Complete and Unabridged...

Author: Ludwig Wittgenstein ,  Bertrand Russell
ISBN: 9798880923991
Format: Paperback
$60.69

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus may be the most important book of philosophy written during the twentieth century....  Read More >>

The Essential Aristotle

The Essential Aristotle

Author: Aristotle
ISBN: 9798880915200
Format: Paperback
$44.85

Aristotl was a Greek philosopher and a student of Plato. He taught Alexander the Great and wrote on many subjects...  Read More >>

The Essential Aristotle

The Essential Aristotle

Author: Aristotle
ISBN: 9798880915217
Format: Hardback
$79.17

Aristotl was a Greek philosopher and a student of Plato. He taught Alexander the Great and wrote on many subjects...  Read More >>

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré et les mathématiciens

La correspondance entre Henri Poincaré et les mathématiciens...

Author: Philippe Nabonnand ,  Olivier Bruneau
ISBN: 9783764371685
Format: Hardback
$369.57

Indispensable for understanding Henri Poincaré's vast activity in the mathematical sciences. Provides new sources...  Read More >>

Mathematical Recreations in the Middle Ages

Mathematical Recreations in the Middle Ages

Author: Jacques Sesiano
ISBN: 9782889155125
Format: Paperback
$124.95

A whimsical examination of math in the Middle Ages. This book brings together many unusual and entertaining examples...  Read More >>

The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction, 1908-2008: People, Events, and Challenges in Mathematics Education

The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction,...

Author: Fulvia Furinghetti ,  Livia Giacardi
ISBN: 9783031043154
Format: Paperback
$362.22

The book presents the history of ICMI trough a prosopographical approach. In other words, it pays a lot of attention...  Read More >>

Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics: The CSHPM 2022 Volume

Research in History and Philosophy of Mathematics: The...

Author: Maria Zack ,  David Waszek
ISBN: 9783031461927
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This volume contains 8 papers that have been collected by the Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics....  Read More >>

Brief History Of Mathematics For Curious Minds, A

Brief History Of Mathematics For Curious Minds, A

Author: Krzysztof R Apt (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (Cwi), The Netherlands & University Of Warsaw, Poland)
ISBN: 9789811280443
Format: Hardback
$168.19

This book offers a short and accessible account of the history of mathematics, written for the intelligent layman...  Read More >>

Mathematics Education in a Neocolonial Country: The Case of Papua New Guinea

Mathematics Education in a Neocolonial Country: The...

Author: Patricia Paraide ,  Kay Owens
ISBN: 9783030909963
Format: Paperback
$284.60

Most education research is undertaken in western developed countries. While some research from developing countries...  Read More >>

Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient World: Numbers, Measurements, and Operations in Documents from Mesopotamia, China and South Asia

Cultures of Computation and Quantification in the Ancient...

Author: Karine Chemla ,  Agathe Keller
ISBN: 9783030983635
Format: Paperback
$475.17

This book sheds light on the variety of mathematical cultures in general. To do so, it concentrates on cultures...  Read More >>

Analysis, analytische Geometrie

Analysis, analytische Geometrie

Author: Kurt Vogel ,  Karin Reich
ISBN: 9783111080628
Format: Hardback
$188.67

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Analysis, analytische Geometrie"" verfügbar.  Read More >>

On Joachim Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio: Texture, Weaving and Natural Philosophy in the 17th Century

On Joachim Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio: Texture, Weaving...

Author: Michael Friedman
ISBN: 9783031408809
Format: Hardback
$284.60

The book offers an analysis of Joachim Jungius’ Texturæ Contemplatio - a hitherto-unpublished manuscript written...  Read More >>

Lakatos and the Historical Approach to Philosophy of Mathematics

Lakatos and the Historical Approach to Philosophy of...

Author: Donald Gillies (University College London)
ISBN: 9781009430586
Format: Paperback
$43.99

This Element gives a detailed analysis of Imre Lakatos' ideas on the philosophy of mathematics. It also gives an...  Read More >>

The Waltz of Reason: The Entanglement of Mathematics and Philosophy

The Waltz of Reason: The Entanglement of Mathematics...

Author: Karl Sigmund
ISBN: 9781541602694
Format: Hardback
$59.99

""A mind-bending jaunt ... that makes clear in fascinating detail how math is more than a sum of its parts"" (Publishers...  Read More >>

Brief History Of Mathematics For Curious Minds, A

Brief History Of Mathematics For Curious Minds, A

Author: Krzysztof R Apt (Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (Cwi), The Netherlands & University Of Warsaw, Poland)
ISBN: 9789811281495
Format: Paperback
$90.56

This book offers a short and accessible account of the history of mathematics, written for the intelligent layman...  Read More >>

Theory and Practice: A History of Two Centuries of Dutch Mathematics Education

Theory and Practice: A History of Two Centuries of Dutch...

Author: Harm Jan Smid
ISBN: 9783031218750
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This book describes and analyses the history of Dutch mathematics education from the point of view of the changing...  Read More >>

The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations of 18th Century Astronomy

The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations...

Author: John Fisher (independent scholar, independent scholar) ,  John Fisher
ISBN: 9780198884200
Format: Hardback
$195.95

The Life and Work of James Bradley: The New Foundations of 18th Century Astronomy is the first major work on the...  Read More >>

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