Philosophy of mathematics books

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The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from an Idea to the Computer

The Advent of the Algorithm: The 300-Year Journey from...

Author: David Berlinski, PH.D.
ISBN: 9780156013918
Format: Paperback
$55.31

A deep and instructive account of the algorithm's development and its role in modern life.This book combines history,...  Read More >>

The Philosophical Status of Diagrams

The Philosophical Status of Diagrams

Author: Mark Greaves
ISBN: 9781575862941
Format: Paperback
$41.95

This text explores the reasons why diagrams have been ignored in modern formal theories of axiomatic systems. By...  Read More >>

Truth and the Absence of Fact

Truth and the Absence of Fact

Author: Hartry Field (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, New York University)
ISBN: 9780199242894
Format: Paperback
$65.95

Hartry Field presents a selection of thirteen of his most important essays on a set of related topics at the foundations...  Read More >>

Science and Method

Science and Method

Author: Jules Henri Poincare ,  Bertrand Russell
ISBN: 9781890318826
Format: Paperback
$63.36

Henri Poincare here deals with a variety of issues of methodology, including the selection of facts for study. It...  Read More >>

The Philosophical Status of Diagrams

The Philosophical Status of Diagrams

Author: Mark Greaves
ISBN: 9781575862934
Format: Hardback
$107.95

This text explores the reasons why diagrams have been ignored in modern formal theories of axiomatic systems. By...  Read More >>

L'analyse au fil de l'histoire

L'analyse au fil de l'histoire

Author: E. Hairer ,  G. Wanner
ISBN: 9783540674634
Format: Paperback
$211.07

Cet ouvrage traite des théorèmes fondamentaux de l'analyse (convergence, continuité, calcul différentiel et intégral...  Read More >>

The Infinite

The Infinite

Author: A.W. Moore
ISBN: 9780415252850
Format: Paperback
$105.47

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Five More Golden Rules: Knots, Codes, Chaos and Other Great Theories of 20th-century Mathematics

Five More Golden Rules: Knots, Codes, Chaos and Other...

Author: John L. Casti
ISBN: 9780471395287
Format: Paperback
$50.03

"""Casti is one of the great science writers. "" -San Francisco Examiner ""Casti's gift is to be able to let the...  Read More >>

A Mathematics Sampler: Topics for the Liberal Arts

A Mathematics Sampler: Topics for the Liberal Arts

Author: William P. Berlinghoff ,  Kerry E. Grant
ISBN: 9780742502024
Format: Hardback
$211.20

This work presents mathematics as both science and art, focusing on the historical role of mathematics in our culture....  Read More >>

Ancient and Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Memory of Wilbur Knorr

Ancient and Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences:...

Author: Patrick Suppes (Lucie Stern professor of Philosophy at Stanford University) ,  Julius M. Moravcsik
ISBN: 9781575862743
Format: Paperback
$71.28

This volume of essays is dedicated to the late Wilbur Knorr, a historian of science. Inspired by Knorr's work, the...  Read More >>

Quadratic Forms and Their Applications: Proceedings of the Conference on Quadratic Forms and Their Applications, July 5-9, 1999, University College Dublin

Quadratic Forms and Their Applications: Proceedings...

Author: Eva Bayer-Fluckiger ,  David Lewis
ISBN: 9780821827796
Format: Paperback
$262.90

This volume outlines the proceedings of the conference on ""Quadratic Forms and Their Applications"" held at University...  Read More >>

Ancient and Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences: Essays in Memory of Wilbur Knorr

Ancient and Medieval Traditions in the Exact Sciences:...

Author: Patrick Suppes (Lucie Stern professor of Philosophy at Stanford University) ,  Julius M. Moravcsik
ISBN: 9781575862736
Format: Hardback
$171.60

This volume of essays is dedicated to the late Wilbur Knorr, a historian of science. Inspired by Knorr's work, the...  Read More >>

The Search for Mathematical Roots, 1870-1940: Logics, Set Theories and the Foundations of Mathematics from Cantor through Russell to Gödel

The Search for Mathematical Roots, 1870-1940: Logics,...

Author: Ivor Grattan-Guinness
ISBN: 9780691058580
Format: Paperback
$225.00

Presents the history of a critical period in mathematics that includes accounts of the two principal influences...  Read More >>

History of Hindu Mathematics

History of Hindu Mathematics

Author: Bibhuthusham Datta ,  Avadesh Narayan Singh
ISBN: 9788186050866
Format: Hardback
$165.00

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David Hume's Critique of Infinity

David Hume's Critique of Infinity

Author: Dale Jacquette
ISBN: 9789004116498
Format: Leather / fine binding
$388.08

This study of David Hume's philosophy of mathematics critically examines his objections to the concept of infinity....  Read More >>

The Fermat Diary

The Fermat Diary

Author: C.J. Mozzochi
ISBN: 9780821826706
Format: Hardback
$91.30

This book concentrates on the final chapter of the story of Fermat's Last Theorem. The story begins in 1637, with...  Read More >>

Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy

Isaac Newton's Natural Philosophy

Author: Jed Z. Buchwald (Doris and Henry Dreyfuss Professor of History, California Institute of Technology) ,  I. Bernard Cohen
ISBN: 9780262024778
Format: Hardback
$137.28

Shedding new light on the intellectual context of Newton's scientific thought, this book explores the development...  Read More >>

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea

Author: Charles Seife
ISBN: 9780285635944
Format: Paperback
$24.99

This informative and easy-to-read book is the story of the people who battled over the meaning of the mysterious...  Read More >>

Nature Of Mathematics Ilphil28

Nature Of Mathematics Ilphil28

Author: Max Black
ISBN: 9780415225427
Format: Hardback
$399.00

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Selected Works of Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro

Selected Works of Ilya Piatetski-Shapiro

Author: American Mathematical Society ,  James W. Cogdell
ISBN: 9780821809303
Format: Hardback
$319.00

A selection of papers of I Piatetski-Shapiro. It includes many of his major papers in harmonic analysis, number...  Read More >>

Philosophical Theories of Probability

Philosophical Theories of Probability

Author: Donald Gillies
ISBN: 9780415182768
Format: Paperback
$90.99

The use of probability and statistics has increased in all fields of research. This book presents an account of...  Read More >>

Philosophical Theories of Probability

Philosophical Theories of Probability

Author: Donald Gillies
ISBN: 9780415182751
Format: Hardback
$326.00

The use of probability and statistics has increased in all fields of research. This book presents an account of...  Read More >>

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