Philosophy of mathematics books

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Mathematical Sorcery: Revealing the Secrets of Numbers

Mathematical Sorcery: Revealing the Secrets of Numbers...

Author: Calvin C. Clawson
ISBN: 9780306460036
Format: Paperback
$189.95

Calvin Clawson, the author of ""Mathematical Mysteries"", has a talent for opening the door for the uninitiated...  Read More >>

Die Geometrische Revolution

Die Geometrische Revolution

Author: Richard J. Trudeau
ISBN: 9783764359140
Format: Hardback
$122.76

Epistemologie f. Das Studium des Wesens und des Ursprungs der Erkenntnis. Als ieh ein Teenager war, sptirte ieh,...  Read More >>

The Importance of Being Fuzzy: And Other Insights from the Border between Math and Computers

The Importance of Being Fuzzy: And Other Insights from...

Author: Arturo Sangalli
ISBN: 9780691001449
Format: Hardback
$155.00

Explains how computers have brought a fresh practicality to mathematics and mathematical applications. This book...  Read More >>

The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical Problem

The Applicability of Mathematics as a Philosophical...

Author: Mark Steiner
ISBN: 9780674040977
Format: Hardback
$158.40

This text analyzes the different ways mathematics is applicable in the physical sciences, and presents a novel thesis...  Read More >>

Truth in Mathematics

Truth in Mathematics

Author: H. G. Dales (Professor of Pure Mathematics, Professor of Pure Mathematics, University of Leeds) ,  G. Oliveri (, Wolfson College, Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198514763
Format: Hardback
$425.95

This book contains an overview of the forefront of research into the nature of truth in mathematics, and is unique...  Read More >>

The Nature of Mathematics and the Mathematics of Nature

The Nature of Mathematics and the Mathematics of Nature...

Author: S. Andersson (Sandviks Forskningsinstitut, S-380 74 Löttorp, Sweden) ,  M. Jacob (Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, University of Stockholm, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden)
ISBN: 9780444829948
Format: Hardback
$831.60

Aims to use ordinary mathematics to describe the simplicity in the structure of mathematics and to develop branches...  Read More >>

New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics: An Anthology - Revised and Expanded Edition

New Directions in the Philosophy of Mathematics: An...

Author: Thomas Tymoczko
ISBN: 9780691034980
Format: Paperback
$140.00

Offers a ""postmodern"" ' assessment of the philosophy of mathematics - one that addresses issues of theoretical...  Read More >>

Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Author: A. Rapoport
ISBN: 9781349399888
Format: Paperback
$336.35

The book treats two approaches to decision theory: (1) the normative, purporting to determine how a 'perfectly rational'...  Read More >>

Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Decision Theory and Decision Behaviour

Author: A. Rapoport
ISBN: 9780333681473
Format: Hardback
$336.35

The book treats two approaches to decision theory: (1) the normative, purporting to determine how a 'perfectly rational'...  Read More >>

Geometry by Discovery

Geometry by Discovery

Author: David Gay (University of Arizona)
ISBN: 9780471041771
Format: Paperback
$414.95

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Fields Medallists' Lectures

Fields Medallists' Lectures

Author: Michael Atiyah (Univ Of Edinburgh, Uk) ,  Daniel Iagolnitzer (Cea-saclay, France)
ISBN: 9789810231170
Format: Paperback
$192.72

The Fields Medal is restricted to one field - that of mathematics - with a generally accepted age limit of 40. This...  Read More >>

Fields Medallists' Lectures

Fields Medallists' Lectures

Author: Michael Atiyah (Univ Of Edinburgh, Uk) ,  Daniel Iagolnitzer (Cea-saclay, France)
ISBN: 9789810231026
Format: Hardback
$340.56

The Fields Medal is restricted to one field - that of mathematics - with a generally accepted age limit of 40. This...  Read More >>

Limit Theorems in Change-Point Analysis

Limit Theorems in Change-Point Analysis

Author: Miklós Csörgö (Carlton University, Ottawa, Canada) ,  Lajos Horváth (University of Utah, Salt Lake City)
ISBN: 9780471955221
Format: Hardback
$475.95

Provide an overview and rigorous mathematical treatment of methods for change-point problems.  Read More >>

Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics

Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics...

Author: Paul Ernest
ISBN: 9780791435885
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics

Social Constructivism as a Philosophy of Mathematics...

Author: Paul Ernest
ISBN: 9780791435878
Format: Hardback
$151.80

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Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality Of Mathematics

Nature's Numbers: The Unreal Reality Of Mathematics...

Author: Ian Stewart
ISBN: 9780465072743
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Mathematics has the power to open our eyes to new and unsuspected regularities in nature - the secret structure...  Read More >>

From Brouwer to Hilbert

From Brouwer to Hilbert

Author: Mancosu
ISBN: 9780195096323
Format: Paperback
$83.95

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