Philosophy of mathematics books

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The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds

The Quantum Mechanics of Minds and Worlds

Author: Jeffrey A. Barrett (Associate Professor of Philosophy, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine)
ISBN: 9780198238386
Format: Hardback
$209.95

A study of quantum mechanics, in one sense the most successful physical theory ever, accurately predicting the behaviour...  Read More >>

A Subject With No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic Interpretation of Mathematics

A Subject With No Object: Strategies for Nominalistic...

Author: John P. Burgess (Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University) ,  Gideon Rosen (Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Princeton University)
ISBN: 9780198250128
Format: Paperback
$80.95

A study of philosophical attempts to interpret mathematics in nominalistic terms, that is to give an account of...  Read More >>

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

Author: George Csicsery
ISBN: 9783540926412
Format: Video
$121.44

A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdos was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. This documentary film...  Read More >>

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

N is a Number: A Portrait of Paul Erdos

Author: George Csicsery
ISBN: 9783540926429
Format: Video
$99.13

A man with no home and no job, Paul Erdos was the most prolific mathematician who ever lived. This documentary film...  Read More >>

The Art of the Intelligible: An Elementary Survey of Mathematics in its Conceptual Development

The Art of the Intelligible: An Elementary Survey of...

Author: J. Bell
ISBN: 9780792359722
Format: Hardback
$419.76

Certain topics - such as Greek mathematics, abstract algebra, set theory, geometry and the philosophy of mathematics...  Read More >>

Conceptual Roots of Mathematics

Conceptual Roots of Mathematics

Author: J.R. Lucas
ISBN: 9780415207386
Format: Hardback
$305.00

A comprehensive study of the foundation of mathematics. The author shows that the philosophy of mathematics is...  Read More >>

Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of Stories

Once Upon A Number: The Hidden Mathematical Logic Of...

Author: John Paulos
ISBN: 9780465051595
Format: Paperback
$42.11

As ways of understanding the world around us, numbers and stories seem almost completely incompatible. This study...  Read More >>

Learning and Doing Mathematics: Using Polya's Problem-solving Methods for Learning and Teaching

Learning and Doing Mathematics: Using Polya's Problem-solving...

Author: John Mason
ISBN: 9781858530499
Format: Paperback
$52.77

Written for anyone keen to develop learning skills or to enhance their problem-solving powers, this resource will...  Read More >>

Probability Theory and Probability Semantics

Probability Theory and Probability Semantics

Author: Hughes Leblanc ,  Peter Roeper
ISBN: 9780802008077
Format: Hardback
$175.00

As a survey of many technical results in probability theory and probability logic, this monograph by two widely...  Read More >>

Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory and Its Role in Modern Mathematics

Labyrinth of Thought: A History of Set Theory and Its...

Author: Jose Ferreiros
ISBN: 9783764357498
Format: Hardback
$498.96

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Recursive Functions and Metamathematics: Problems of Completeness and Decidability, Gödel’s Theorems

Recursive Functions and Metamathematics: Problems of...

Author: Roman Murawski
ISBN: 9780792359043
Format: Hardback
$522.72

Recursive Functions and Metamathematics deals with problems of the completeness and decidability of theories, using...  Read More >>

The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero

The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero

Author: Robert Kaplan ,  Ellen Kaplan
ISBN: 9780195128420
Format: Hardback
$250.80

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Geschichte der Analysis

Geschichte der Analysis

Author: Hans Niels Jahnke
ISBN: 9783827403926
Format: Paperback
$158.27

""Geschichte der Analysis"" ist von einem internationalen Expertenteam geschrieben und stellt die gegenwärtig umfassendste...  Read More >>

Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to a World of Proofs and Pictures

Philosophy of Mathematics: An Introduction to a World...

Author: James Robert Brown
ISBN: 9780415122740
Format: Hardback
$294.00

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The Unknowable

The Unknowable

Author: Gregory J. Chaitin
ISBN: 9789814021722
Format: Hardback
$287.76

This essential companion volume to Chaitin's highly successful ""The Limits of Mathematics"", also published by...  Read More >>

Really? What is Mathematics

Really? What is Mathematics

Author: Reuben Hersh
ISBN: 9780195130874
Format: Paperback
$65.97

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A History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and the Physical Universe

A History of the Circle: Mathematical Reasoning and...

Author: Ernest Zebrowski
ISBN: 9780813526775
Format: Hardback
$129.36

This text is an investigation of how past attempts by scientists to discover the perfect circle led to major discoveries...  Read More >>

The Non-Euclidean Revolution

The Non-Euclidean Revolution

Author: Richard J. Trudeau
ISBN: 9780817633110
Format: Hardback
$150.74

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The Universe and the Teacup: Mathematics of Truth and Beauty

The Universe and the Teacup: Mathematics of Truth and...

Author: K.C. Cole
ISBN: 9780156006569
Format: Paperback
$39.60

An attempt to demystify mathematics using real life concepts to help break the mind barrier.  Read More >>

Logic from A to Z: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy Glossary of Logical and Mathematical Terms

Logic from A to Z: The Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy...

Author: John B. Bacon ,  Michael Detlefsen
ISBN: 9780415213752
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Logic from A to Z is a unique glossary of terms used in formal logic and the philosophy of mathematics, with over...  Read More >>

Matematica E Cultura 2: Atti del Convegno di Venezia, 1998 Supplemento A Lettera Matematica Pristem 30

Matematica E Cultura 2: Atti del Convegno di Venezia,...

Author: Michele Emmer
ISBN: 9788847000575
Format: Paperback
$66.00

L'opera, pubblicata, anche per questa edizione, come Supplemento alla rivista LETTERA MATEMATICA, è frutto del convegno...  Read More >>

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