Philosophy of mathematics books

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Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology of the Unpredictable, Historical, Beautiful, and Romantic

Curves for the Mathematically Curious: An Anthology...

Author: Julian Havil
ISBN: 9780691180052
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Curves for the Mathematically Curious is a thoughtfully curated collection of ten mathematical curves, selected...  Read More >>

The Sorites Paradox

The Sorites Paradox

Author: Sergi Oms (Universitat de Barcelona) ,  Elia Zardini
ISBN: 9781107163997
Format: Hardback
$194.06

Introduces the sorites paradox at a level newcomers to the problem will understand. Offers a general primer and...  Read More >>

Ten Great Ideas about Chance

Ten Great Ideas about Chance

Author: Persi Diaconis ,  Brian Skyrms
ISBN: 9780691196398
Format: Paperback
$47.39

A fascinating account of the breakthrough ideas that transformed probability and statisticsIn the sixteenth and...  Read More >>

Friedrich Waismann: The Open Texture of Analytic Philosophy

Friedrich Waismann: The Open Texture of Analytic Philosophy...

Author: Dejan Makovec ,  Stewart Shapiro
ISBN: 9783030250072
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This edited collection covers Friedrich Waismann's most influential contributions to twentieth-century philosophy...  Read More >>

Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve the Mathematical Problems of Antiquity

Tales of Impossibility: The 2000-Year Quest to Solve...

Author: David S. Richeson
ISBN: 9780691192963
Format: Hardback
$54.99

A comprehensive look at four of the most famous problems in mathematics  Read More >>

Essays on Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic

Essays on Frege's Foundations of Arithmetic

Author: Senior Lecturer Philip A Ebert (University of Stirling) ,  Associate Professor Marcus Rossberg (University of Connecticut)
ISBN: 9780191780240
Format: Undefined
$277.20

The volume is the first collection of essays that focuses on Gottlob Frege's Basic Laws of Arithmetic (1893/1903),...  Read More >>

Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever Ways to (Roughly) Calculate Anything

Maths on the Back of an Envelope: Clever Ways to (Roughly)...

Author: Rob Eastaway
ISBN: 9780008389031
Format: Paperback
$23.26

‘Another terrific book by Rob Eastaway’ SIMON SINGH ‘A delightfully accessible...  Read More >>

Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out

Reverse Mathematics: Proofs from the Inside Out

Author: John Stillwell
ISBN: 9780691196411
Format: Paperback
$34.99

"This volume presents reverse mathematics to a general mathematical audience for the first time. Stillwell gives...  Read More >>

The Untold Story of Everything Digital: Bright Boys, Revisited

The Untold Story of Everything Digital: Bright Boys,...

Author: Tom Green
ISBN: 9780367355609
Format: Hardback
$347.00

Although Bright Boys covers the years 1938 to 1958, the critical time period in making Information Technology’s...  Read More >>

The Continuous, the Discrete and the Infinitesimal in Philosophy and Mathematics

The Continuous, the Discrete and the Infinitesimal in...

Author: John L. Bell
ISBN: 9783030187064
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book explores and articulates the concepts of the continuous and the infinitesimal from two points of view:...  Read More >>

The Untold Story of Everything Digital: Bright Boys, Revisited

The Untold Story of Everything Digital: Bright Boys,...

Author: Tom Green
ISBN: 9780367220075
Format: Paperback
$37.99

Although Bright Boys covers the years 1938 to 1958, the critical time period in making Information Technology’s...  Read More >>

Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond

Mechanistic Explanations in Physics and Beyond

Author: Brigitte Falkenburg ,  Gregor Schiemann
ISBN: 9783030107062
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This volume offers a broad, philosophical discussion on mechanical explanations. Coverage ranges from historical...  Read More >>

Leibniz’s Legacy and Impact

Leibniz’s Legacy and Impact

Author: Julia Weckend (Oxford University, UK) ,  Lloyd Strickland
ISBN: 9781138102620
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Leibniz made contributions to many areas, including philosophy, mathematics, political and social theory, theology,...  Read More >>

The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Maths Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained

Author: DK ,  Matt Parker
ISBN: 9780241350362
Format: Hardback
$42.99

"A vibrant exploration of the world's most famous and key mathematical ideas, movements, and people What is an...  Read More >>

Bayesian Philosophy of Science

Bayesian Philosophy of Science

Author: Jan Sprenger (Professor of Philosophy of Science, University of Turin) ,  Stephan Hartmann (Professor of Philosophy of Science, LMU MunichLMU Munich)
ISBN: 9780199672110
Format: Hardback
$164.95

Jan Sprenger and Stephan Hartmann offer a fresh approach to central topics in philosophy of science, including causation,...  Read More >>

Map of the World: An Introduction to Mathematical Geodesy

Map of the World: An Introduction to Mathematical Geodesy...

Author: Martin Vermeer ,  Antti Rasila (Guandong Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
ISBN: 9780367217730
Format: Hardback
$183.00

Mathematical Geodesy refers to the calculus of observation, the validation of measurements and mathematical models,...  Read More >>

Leibniz und die moderne Naturwissenschaft

Leibniz und die moderne Naturwissenschaft

Author: Jürgen Jost
ISBN: 9783662592359
Format: Paperback
$158.37

Was hat ein Gelehrter des 17.Jahrhunderts noch für die heutigen Naturwissenschaften zu sagen?  Eine ganze Menge,...  Read More >>

Spherical Geometry and Its Applications

Spherical Geometry and Its Applications

Author: Marshall Whittlesey
ISBN: 9780367196905
Format: Hardback
$179.00

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The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Volume 3: The Magic of Mathematics

The Mathematics of Various Entertaining Subjects: Volume...

Author: Jennifer Beineke ,  Jason Rosenhouse
ISBN: 9780691182582
Format: Paperback
$89.99

This volume brings together authors from a variety of specialties to present fascinating problems and solutions...  Read More >>

Hilbert's Programs and Beyond

Hilbert's Programs and Beyond

Author: Wilfried Sieg (Patrick Suppes Professor of Philosophy, Patrick Suppes Professor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University)
ISBN: 9780190948191
Format: Paperback
$113.95

"Hilbert's Programs & Beyond presents the foundational work of David Hilbert in a sequence of thematically organized...  Read More >>

Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical

Proof!: How the World Became Geometrical

Author: Amir Alexander
ISBN: 9780374254902
Format: Hardback
$73.92

The author offers an eye-opening narrative of how geometric principles fundamentally shaped the world.  Read More >>

Chance and Error: The Theory of Evolution

Chance and Error: The Theory of Evolution

Author: Marsh Hopkins
ISBN: 9780367266165
Format: Hardback
$221.00

Originally published in 1923 Chance and Error examines the vagaries of chance, and how this is the result of the...  Read More >>

Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty

Do Dice Play God?: The Mathematics of Uncertainty

Author: Ian Stewart (University of Warwick) ,  Simon Vance
ISBN: 9781549126574
Format: Audio
$92.40

A celebrated mathematician explores how math helps make sense of the unpredictable and provides some of the tools...  Read More >>

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